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Showing posts with label lateral frenula. Show all posts
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April 11, 2016

Buccal Ties and Breastfeeding

Green arrow points to right buccal tie adjacent to where canine is erupting. Note how the buccal tie is tethered to the entire height of the gingiva. Buccal ties are perhaps the least well-known and most uncommon condition among the tethered oral tissues that can affect infant breastfeeding. The other more common types being tongue ties and upper lip ties . Buccal ties are abnormal mucosal tethers extending from the cheeks to the gingiva. This situation is in contrast to the upper lip …
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