Clinical inquiries. when should you treat tongue-tie in a newborn?
Cho, A.; Kelsberg, G.; Safranek, S.
Journal of Family Practice 59(12): 712a-712b
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 1533-7294 PMID: 21135930 Document Number: 644596
Consider treatment when the infant is having difficulty breastfeeding. Infants with mild to moderate tongue-tie, or ankyloglossia, are likely to breastfeed successfully and usually require no treatment (strength of recommendation [SOR]: B, a prospective controlled trial and a case-control study). However, mothers of infants with any degree of tongue-tie who have difficulty with breastfeeding despite lactation support report immediate improvement after frenotomy is performed on the baby. Complications from the procedure are minimal (SOR: B, a small randomized controlled trial [ RCT] and multiple uncontrolled cohort studies and case series).