Queensland Tongue Tie Clinic offer treatment for Tongue & Lip Tie conditions for patients of all ages. Tongue and Lip Ties are congenital in nature, which means they are present from birth, they sometimes run in families indicating a genetic component. Booking a consultation would be recommended.
Babies & Infants Tongue / Lip Tie
- Babies with a tongue tie may have difficulty latching and suckling, that may cause difficulty maintaining attachment to the breast, chomping, air swallowing, clicking sounds and prolonged feeding.
- A tongue or lip tie may lead to poor nutrition, lack of growth, failure to thrive, irritability and exhaustion trying to feed.
- Breast feeding complications may occur for a mother including nipple pain and trauma, sleep deprivation, mastitis or an altered milk supply.
- Distortion in the shape of the tongue.
Children & Teens Tongue / Lip Tie
- A child may experience the inability to move their tongue up and down, side to side or the inability to move it out past the lower front teeth.
- Speech difficulties may be experienced for certain sounds such as “s, t, r, z, l and th.”
- Falling behind at school due to speech issues that may be as a result of a tongue or lip tie.
- A lip tie can cause the two front teeth to have a gap.
- Limitations of tongue dependent activities such as kissing, playing wind instruments or licking ice cream.
- Poor oral hygiene and tooth decay.
- Distortion in the shape of the tongue.
Adult Tongue / Lip Tie
- Adults may experience headaches, neck aches as a result of a tongue or lip tie.
- The ability to stick a tongue out or have a gap between the 2 front teeth.
- Poor oral hygiene and tooth decay.
- Distortion in the shape of the tongue.
- Limitations of tongue dependent activities such as kissing, playing wind instruments or licking ice cream.