There Are Differences of Opinion and Insufficient Information Among Physicians About Lip Tie Treatment and Diagnosis

Lip Tie Diagnosis and Treatment, Feeding Difficulties and Other Symptoms in Infants Upper lip tie ( the maxillary labial frenulum ) is a tissue in a ligament structure that is typically found between the inner mucosa of the upper lip and the upper gums, and in some babies can reach the hard palate through the upper incisive teeth. Apart from anatomical classification, in babies whose lip tie structure is stretched and fibrotic, severe restriction in upper lip movements, insufficient mouth sitting on the breast and insufficient vacuuming cause nutritional disorders, diastema in the upper teeth and changes in the jaw structure and the front part of the upper teeth. It may cause bruising or tartar formation. It is inevitable that a distance will arise between the upper incisive teeth in the following period, especially in babies with notching in the midline of the upper gingiva and with lip ties in a thick and elongated structure. Since there is no treatment or approach guidline standard