A posterior tongue tie is located deeper in the mouth further underneath the tongue.
Posterior tongue tie laser.
The laser on time was 3 seconds with no bleeding.
Scissors or dental laser.
The tongue tie corrective procedures were performed in just seconds with no bleeding and using only topical anesthesia.
The only difference is that the procedure uses a laser which minimizes the risk of infection and blood loss.
A tongue tie release allows newborn babies the ability to latch on and breastfeed when they might not have previously been able to.
A laser frenectomy is basically the same procedure as a traditional oral frenectomy.
Richard baxter dmd ms used his lightscalpel co2 laser to perform a posterior tongue tie release frenectomy on a newborn baby.
A posterior tongue tie can cause the same problems as an anterior tongue tie even though it isn t as easily.
At gep tots dental group we specialize in dental laser treatments for posterior tongue tie and a number of other tongue and lip tie conditions.