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An Alternative Method to Treat Ankyloglossia

  • Gabriel Ferreira Nicoloso1,*,
  • Iuri Silveira dos Santos1
  • Jorge Abel Flores1
  • Bruno Lopes da Silveira1
  • Marta Dutra Machado Oliveira1

1From the School of Dentistry, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.

DOI: 10.17796/1053-4628-40.4.319 Vol.40,Issue 4,July 2016 pp.319-321

Published: 01 July 2016

*Corresponding Author(s): Gabriel Ferreira Nicoloso E-mail: gfnicoloso@gmail.com

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Abstract

Ankyloglossia entails short lingual frenum, impairing satisfactory tongue movement and leading to problems related to deglutition, feeding and diction. This clinical report uses laser technology, rather than traditional surgical procedure with scalpel, to perform a lingual frenulotomy on a 9-year old child diagnosed with ankyloglossia, aiming to investigate more conservative and less traumatic dental procedures. Due to the many advantages of the laser device, such as bloodless surgical field, absence of sutures, minimal swelling and post-surgical pain, the high intensity diode laser is a viable alternative technique in soft tissue surgeries.

Keywords

lasers, surgery, ankyloglossia

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Gabriel Ferreira Nicoloso,Iuri Silveira dos Santos,Jorge Abel Flores,Bruno Lopes da Silveira,Marta Dutra Machado Oliveira. An Alternative Method to Treat Ankyloglossia. Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry. 2016. 40(4);319-321.

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