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by anonymousnotme
909 days ago
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I can't read the article, but if one has a tongue tie there can be serious life-long consequences. Basically if one is tongue tied, one's tongue will rest on the bottom of one's mouth. The mouth does not develop normally. The nasal passage way will be narrow. One will likely breath through one's mouth instead of the nose. This will lead to problems of the nasal passage not developing as it should. For one's health it is import to breath through the nose and not the mouth; read James Nestors book Breath. One will have breathing issues and likely sleep apnea. The tongue is supposed to rest on the root of the mouth and not on the floor of the mouth for it to develop properly. The sleep apnea normally gets worse; likely during midlife the sleep problem will effect job performance... Just from a speech impediment problem, it is worth it. I had a tongue tie release surgery (lingual frenectomy) as an adult. I had a release as a baby, but it only release the very front part so that it was barely enough to breast feed and I had speech problems because it was not fully released. After the surgery as an adult my pronounciation improved according to friends. It feels like my tongue can move as it should move. My mouth and nasal passage way did not develop as it should as a child and I am considering major surgery (MMA, EASE procedure, functional rhinoplasy) to correct; not something that one wants to do if one can correct it early with a lingual frenectomy and oral myofunctional Therapy. That being said, one should have it done by somebody that is competent is airway focused and not somebody trying to make extra money. It is normally paired with myofunctional therapy for about 6 weeks before and after the surgery.
On another note, I have tuned into myofunctional podcast run by dental hygenist; they said that the can usually determine whether one is a mouth breather or a nasal breather by the hygene of the mouth... |
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