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What are the symptoms?

The decision to revise is based on the presence of the symptoms, or the possibility of future symptoms:

  • Significant problems with breastfeeding
  • Inability to extend tongue past lips, lift the tongue fully upwards or move it side to side
  • Speech problems, delays and/or lisps
  • Choking, gagging and/or vomiting on liquids and/or foods
  • Picky eater may have solid food aversions, preferring purees and/or very soft foods
  • Dribbling and/or mouth breathing
  • Digestive problems, constipation, reflux
  • Headaches and/or migraines
  • Dental and oral health problems including cavities, gum disease and/or bad breath
  • Inability to chew age-appropriate solid foods in a normal amount of time
  • Gagging, choking or vomiting on certain foods, or eating an abnormally small amount of food
  • Pouching/holding food in the mouth
  • Difficulties related to dental hygiene
  • Persistence of dribbling
  • Delayed development of speech
  • Deterioration in speech
  • Behavior problems
  • Loss of self-confidence because they feel and sound ‘different’
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Appointment Times

1. There are two types of appointments – consult appointments (diagnosis and treatment planning) and surgery appointments (laser frenectomies with recovery time built in), which require different lengths of time and are scheduled on different days- please call and inquire about the soonest available appointment.

2. Consult and same-day appointments are available, but subject to specific clinical conditions – please call for more information.

3. Frenectomy appts run parallel to pediatric dental appointments – you may see one of our doctors walk by your room and wonder why they are not seeing you first – do not worry! We generally have one doctor assigned to frenectomy patients and one doctor assigned to dental patients.

4. We appreciate your patience – our young guest and new parents often have a lot of questions and we are dedicated making sure that we thoroughly answer every question. You can prepare by doing some light reading.

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Practice Location

The North Carolina Tongue Tie Center is located at:

1705 High House Road
Cary, NC 27513

Note that we share building space with High House Pediatric Dentistry – look for signage for both practices as you approach from eastbound or westbound High House Road.

Our phone number is 919-267-4211, and our contact email is tongueties@highhousepedo.com.

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Symptoms:

Orthodontic

• Narrow Palate

• Poor tongue posture or positioning

• Mismatched palate to tongue size/shape

• Large diastema (gaps between two central front teeth)

• Poor or non-ideal craniofacial growth and development

• Dental crowding

•Poor/difficulty oral hygiene maintenance due to malocclusions

• Narrow Palate

• Poor tongue posture or positioning

• Mismatched palate to tongue size/shape

• Large diastema (gaps between two central front teeth)

• Poor or non-ideal craniofacial growth and development

• Dental crowding

•Poor/difficulty oral hygiene maintenance due to malocclusions

Symptoms:

Airway / Breathing

• Breathing through an open mouth while sleeping

• Gasping/holding breath while sleeping

• Snoring

• Sleep Apnea/Apneic Episodes/Periods of non-breathing or holding breath

• Poor quality sleep

• Moodiness or inability to focus/pay attention

• Poor concentration at school

• Restlessness due to poor/inadequate sleep

• Breathing through an open mouth while sleeping

• Gasping/holding breath while sleeping

• Snoring

• Sleep Apnea/Apneic Episodes/Periods of non-breathing or holding breath

• Poor quality sleep

• Moodiness or inability to focus/pay attention

• Poor concentration at school

• Restlessness due to poor/inadequate sleep

Symptoms:

Speech

• Speech development is abnormally delayed (number of words)

• Poor pronunciation (words sound different from spelling)

• Poor enunciation (mumbles / slurs speech)

• Diagnosed with speech difficulties

• Currently in speech therapy

• Speech therapy attempted

• Trouble with sounds: L, R, T, D, N, Th, Sh, Ch, S, Z

• Speech problems, delays and/or lisps

• Delayed development of speech

• Deterioration in speech

• Loss of self-confidence because they feel and sound “different”

• Speech development is abnormally delayed (number of words)

• Poor pronunciation (words sound different from spelling)

• Poor enunciation (mumbles / slurs speech)

• Diagnosed with speech difficulties

• Currently in speech therapy

• Speech therapy attempted

• Trouble with sounds: L, R, T, D, N, Th, Sh, Ch, S, Z

• Speech problems, delays and/or lisps

• Delayed development of speech

• Deterioration in speech

• Loss of self-confidence because they feel and sound “different”

Symptoms:

Eating

• Gagged/vomited when first introduced to food

• Currently gags/vomits (frequency varies)

• Messy eating (open mouth chewing / food loss from front of mouth)

• Quantity of food consumed is abnormally low

• Picky about food types or textures

• Prefers small snacks over meals (grazing)

• Gassy or GI distension/discomfort

• Acid reflux (previously or currently)

• Dislikes or doesn’t eat meat

• Pouching/holding food in mouth

• Inability to chew age-appropriate solid foods in a normal amount of time

• Gagging, choking or vomiting on certain foods, or eating an abnormally small amount of food

• Picky eater may have solid food aversions, preferring purees and/or very soft foods

 

• Gagged/vomited when first introduced to food

• Currently gags/vomits (frequency varies)

• Messy eating (open mouth chewing / food loss from front of mouth)

• Quantity of food consumed is abnormally low

• Picky about food types or textures

• Prefers small snacks over meals (grazing)

• Gassy or GI distension/discomfort

• Acid reflux (previously or currently)

• Dislikes or doesn’t eat meat

• Pouching/holding food in mouth

• Inability to chew age-appropriate solid foods in a normal amount of time

• Gagging, choking or vomiting on certain foods, or eating an abnormally small amount of food

• Picky eater may have solid food aversions, preferring purees and/or very soft foods

Symptoms:

Breastfeeding / Bottlefeeding

• Baby bobs on and off when latching / poor latch

• Mother has nipple pain or deformed nipples from poor latch

• Baby is excessively gassy (chronic burping, flatulence, hiccups)

• Prolonged or incomplete feeding (baby doesn’t fully empty breast or bottle)

• Baby falls asleep while attempting to nurse

• Clicking noises during feeding (air intake / loss of suction)

• Supplementing with a bottle to assist feeding (by necessity)

• Milk leakage from mouth or nose

• Signs of acid reflux when not feeding (spit-up, gagging, vomiting)

• Weak latch that doesn’t last long

• Significant problems with breastfeeding

• Baby bobs on and off when latching / poor latch

• Mother has nipple pain or deformed nipples from poor latch

• Baby is excessively gassy (chronic burping, flatulence, hiccups)

• Prolonged or incomplete feeding (baby doesn’t fully empty breast or bottle)

• Baby falls asleep while attempting to nurse

• Clicking noises during feeding (air intake / loss of suction)

• Supplementing with a bottle to assist feeding (by necessity)

• Milk leakage from mouth or nose

• Signs of acid reflux when not feeding (spit-up, gagging, vomiting)

• Weak latch that doesn’t last long

• Significant problems with breastfeeding

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