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Very interesting post as one of our daughter's youngest child ended up having a tongue tie that was not caught at birth, but she noticed it a couple of months later as a pediatric PT, and he had it done.  It can definitely interfere with speech issues in some children.  Then a friend's daughter just had a baby and he was found to have two ties and it was taken care of shortly after birth within the first week or so.  The doctors told her in the hospital that per cent of young babies being born with this condition has really grown and they are not sure why. In the young baby it can making the nursing difficult.   Why one would not have this addressed as a baby I am not quite sure because if left in place it can change the alignment of the mouth structure.[/quote]

I think a good number of people posting on this thread are mixing up the "tongue tied" baby situation (which is a different type of frenectomy)   with kids who have a membrane b/t their upper teeth.  The tongue-tied situation is a membrane attaching the tongue to the lower lip.  The situation I think OP is referring to involved the upper lip and the connection to the roof of the mouth b/t the two front teeth.  Of course, the tongue tied baby gets treated right away... no question.

The frenectomy that goes with gap teeth and braces apparently gets treated after braces (or sometimes before).  These are two different frenectomies.[/quote]
OP here and you are correct![/quote]

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