By Melanie Potock

 

In a March 2015 postĀ titled Just Flip the Lip, we explored how the band of tissue or ā€œfrenumā€ that attaches the upper lip to gum tissue can affect feeding development if the frenum is too restrictive. Today, we’ll focus on the lingual frenal attachment that is the easiest to miss: The posterior tongue tie (sometimes referred to as a submucosal tongue tie), a form of ankyloglossia.

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