Complexities of a Tongue Tie
I am often asked how a tongue tie can impact a person’s speech and eating. Let’s begin with understanding how the mouth structures may be affected. The frenulum, the band of tissue connecting the tongue to the floor of the mouth creates one type of tongue tie if it restricts and anchors the tongue to […]
Three Bad Habits to Stop Now for Children
Prolonged use of the pacifier, sippy cup or bottle in children may cause an orofacial myofunctional disorder as well as set your child up for delays in speech and eating. For very young children, education to monitor the frequency, intensity, and duration of pacifiers should begin as soon as the child is born and well-child […]