Laser Treatment For Upper Lip Tie

Simply put a laser release is the use of an all tissue hand held laser to detach the frenum connective tissue webbing from the upper lip or tongue by a trained dentist.

Laser treatment for upper lip tie.

Treatment for tongue ties and lip ties tie revisions called frenectomies remove the tissue or tight frenulum under the tongue or upper lip. We practice laser treatment. Surprisingly the entire process takes just a few minutes. We use a dental laser to correct this condition quickly with minimal discomfort to your child.

Now most healthcare professionals use a laser treatment that reduces the chance of excessive bleeding and is less traumatic for baby. Types of tethered oral tissue tots. The key to diagnosing a lip tie is understanding if the upper lip s movement. Often a lip tie accompanies a toungue tie.

This may make it more difficult to move the upper lip. Advantages of laser treatment. An upper lip tie after being released has a high tendency to scar back together over a few weeks 80 risk causing a recurrence of the upper lip tie. The result is beautiful tissue with less chance of relapse.

In the past a lip tie was snipped with scissors. Pinto uses a state of the art laser for a safe and quick procedure that allows for greater tongue and lip mobility. A lip tie can occur on either the upper lip the lower lip or both. The healing is very quick a laser stimulates bio regeneration and healing.

With using a laser there is less pain less bleeding and. A lip tie occurs when the tissue connecting the upper lip to the upper gum restricts the mouth s mobility because it s too thick too tight or both. At cosmodent we don t use the old scissor and blade to treat a toungue tie or lip tie. Lip tie has not been studied as much as tongue tie but treatments for lip ties and tongue ties are very similar.

How does dental laser treatment work for lip ties. Soft tissue dental laser is a safe effective and comfortable treatment for tethered oral tissues including both tongue and lip ties. Quick and minimally uncomfortable this advanced treatment vaporizes the tied tissue and releases the lip so that your baby can feed and grow regularly. How the treatment is done.

A lip tie occurs when the labial frenulum which is the piece of tissue that attaches the upper lip to the gums is very tight.