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| Year : 2011 | Volume
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Ankyloglossia and its management
Tanay V Chaubal, Mala Baburaj Dixit
Department of Periodontics, Nair Hospital Dental College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Tanay V Chaubal
6/Jagruti, Sudarshan Colony, Thane (East), Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0972-124X.85673
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Ankyloglossia or tongue-tie is the result of a short, tight, lingual frenulum causing difficulty in speech articulation due to limitation in tongue movement. In this article, we have reported a 24-year-old male with tongue-tie who complained of difficulty in speech following which he underwent frenectomy procedure under local anesthesia without any complications. Finally, he was given speech therapy sessions. |
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