Tongue-tie (ankyloglossia) in infants

Clinical pictures – Tongue-tie (ankyloglossia)

The medical term of tongue-tie is ‘ankyloglossia’.
This is a phenomenon in which the frenulum that connects the middle part of the tongue to the floor of the mouth, causes a problem with the tongue’s range of motion.

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