{"id":562,"date":"2020-07-13T14:11:21","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T21:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midvalleyentallergyandhearing.fm1.dev\/pediatrics\/ent\/tongue-ties\/"},"modified":"2020-07-16T16:13:03","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T23:13:03","slug":"tongue-ties","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/midvalleyentallergyandhearing.com\/pediatrics\/tongue-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Tongue Ties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ankyloglossia, also known as tongue tie, is a condition present at birth that restricts the tongue\u2019s range of motion. A short, thick or tight band of tissue attaches the child\u2019s tongue to the floor of their mouth. This can cause trouble speaking, eating and swallowing; it can also impede the child\u2019s ability to breastfeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the cause is unknown, it is believed to be associated with certain genetic factors. Some doctors prefer to take a wait-and-see approach, as the band of tissue may loosen over time, but most prefer to surgically correct the condition. The physician will either perform a frenotomy, a simple surgical procedure that involves cutting the tissue, or a frenuloplasty, which is more complicated.<\/p>\n\n\n

Call Mid-Valley ENT & Allergy<\/span> at (541) 967-0404<\/span><\/a> for more information or to schedule an appointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ankyloglossia, also known as tongue tie, is a condition present at birth that restricts the tongue\u2019s range of motion. A short, thick or tight band of tissue attaches the child\u2019s tongue to the floor of their mouth. This can cause trouble speaking, eating and swallowing; it can also impede the child\u2019s ability to breastfeed. While…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":333,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","footnotes":""},"service_tags":[],"class_list":["post-562","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleyentallergyandhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleyentallergyandhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleyentallergyandhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleyentallergyandhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleyentallergyandhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleyentallergyandhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/562\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleyentallergyandhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleyentallergyandhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleyentallergyandhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service_tags?post=562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}