San Francisco and Marin CA Here’s What You Need to Know As a parent, it’s common to face various challenges and have questions regarding your child’s development. Navigating these questions can be tricky without a guidebook to follow. When it comes to your child’s oral health, the best advice will come from a trusted dental…

San Francisco and Marin CA At Glen Park Dental, we understand the frustration many parents feel when their baby struggles with feeding, whether it’s breast or bottle. A common suggestion from healthcare providers is to simply switch to a bottle to avoid breastfeeding pain and issues, assuming this will resolve feeding problems. Unfortunately, this isn’t…

San Francisco and Marin CA Usually, when we discuss tongue ties, we’re talking about newborns. A tongue-tie is often identified and diagnosed after babies have a hard time latching onto a bottle or breast. Babies and toddlers who have undiagnosed or untreated tongue ties turn into adults with tongue ties that can cause a variety…

San Francisco and Marin CA Many times when we hear “tongue tie,” we think about people who trip over their words or are having a hard time saying something. But tongue-tie is actually a dental condition that occurs when the lingual frenulum — the band of tissue that connects the tongue to the floor of…

San Francisco and Marin CA If you have a tongue tie, it is present from the time of your birth. However, this condition can affect you throughout your life without proper diagnosis and treatment. The team of dentists and oral health professionals at Glen Park Dental possess the training and experience to identify a tongue…

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…