Ankyloglossia (tongue-tie) can contribute to the inability to exclusively breastfeed for the recommended 6 month duration. The parents of a 3.5-month-old infant present to a primary care clinician ...

Tongue tie, also known as Ankyloglossia, is a congenital disorder that can affect a variety of functions from speech to feeding. Tongue tie is a condition arising from the total or partial fusion of ...

Pediatricians and other specialists have an important role in identifying ankyloglossia and its effect on breastfeeding in infants, according to a clinical report and set of recommendations from the ...

Posterior ankyloglossia diagnosis was missed in this particular case because the infant breastfed on-demand at birth, gained weight appropriately, and did not have an obvious anterior tongue-tie on ...