Management of ankyloglossia

Abstract

Introduction: Ankyloglossia is a condition that affects 2-5% of newborn. It is caused by the short lingual frenulum or the fusion of the ventral surface of the tongue with the floor of the oral cavity. The diagnosis is based on clinical signs by assessing the impossibility of reaching the palate with the tongue or protruding the tip beyond the lower teeth. ankyloglossia can present a serious problem for the young patient during the first months of life if the child cannot suck normally.

Materials and Methods: Includes accurate and verifiable facts, selected from literature and a clinical study on the medical records of the patients from Republican Clinical Hospital for Children “Emilian Cotaga” during 2013-2015 period. For advanced studies were taken 3 patients from 2016.

Results of discussion: During the study of ankyloglossia were examined 59 clinical cases 56 medical records and 3 cases were documented in details. The medical records offered us information on the prevalence of gender, age at which most parents address for surgery for the children. Also were reveled the main symptoms that intervene in this pathology. The 3 cases that were documented more detailed explain the treatment and other concomitant diseases that may occur.

Conclusions: The main goal of the study was to investigate the problem of ankyloglossia and its solving. As a result of the study we managed to make the first statistics on this pathology, and explain all the aspect of evolvement and treatment of ankyloglossia.