San Francisco and Marin CA Tongue-ties are present at birth and aren’t something that develops later in life. But they can have life-long consequences if not taken care of as soon as possible. Issues ranging from failure to thrive (in infants), stunted growth (in children), mouth breathing, snoring, and sleep apnea as adults are just…

San Francisco and Marin CA Everyone is born with a band of tissue that connects the tongue to the floor of the mouth. Some people are born with this tissue too short to allow the complete range of motion in the tongue. When this band of tissue, known as a frenum, is too short, it…

San Francisco and Marin CA Tongue-tie is usually discovered in infants and usually because trouble breastfeeding is one of the primary symptoms of a tongue-tie. A tongue-tie occurs when the small piece of tissue — the lingual frenulum — that connects your tongue to the floor of your mouth is too short or too tight….

San Francisco and Marin CA To be such a small piece of skin, the labial and lingual frenulum — that small piece of tissue connecting your upper lip to your gum and your tongue to the floor of your mouth — can cause some really big problems in infants and toddlers. Follow along today as…

San Francisco and Marin CA Meeting a newborn baby after carrying the bundle of joy for nine months is the moment all mothers look forward to, but no one can prepare a woman for the ups and downs of being a new mom. On top of that, when breastfeeding doesn’t go as planned — when…