Tongue-tie —a condition in infants that can affect breastfeeding — may be overdiagnosed in the U.S. and too often treated with unnecessary surgery, a…
One common approach is to cut the tissue with scissors, but dentists increasingly are using lasers to vaporize the tissue — some charging $800 or more.Tongue-tie —a condition in infants that can affect breastfeeding — may be overdiagnosed in the U.S. and too often treated with unnecessary surgery, a prominent doctors' group said Monday.
Ankyloglossia diagnoses have been increasing worldwide, though there is no uniform diagnostic criteria for this condition and no consensus on how to treat it. One common approach is to cut the tissue with scissors, but dentists increasingly are using lasers to vaporize the tissue — some charging $800 or more.
The report also recommends lactation experts, pediatricians and surgeons and other medical professionals work with parents to evaluate possible reasons for breastfeeding challenges and make the best treatment decision. A year later, the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, an international group, issued a position called formore research into tongue-tie treatment and stressed that decisions “require a high level of clinical skill, judgment, and discernment.”
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