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Lip tie??

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Whathefisgoingon · 26/05/2023 19:41

My 3 year old just ripped this whilst taking his tshirt off too fast. We had never noticed this before, but assuming lip tie? He’s totally fine, BUT he always struggled to latch when little so we couldn’t breastfeed, and is currently waiting to be seen by speech therapy due to struggles with some pronunciation.

This is lip tie right? It’s snapped now but you can see where the connection was from the blood.

I can’t believe this was never picked up!!

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Whathefisgoingon · 26/05/2023 19:44

There’s quite a fleshy piece that hangs now. DP thinks it will sort itself out but should I speak to the docs?

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twoontheway23 · 26/05/2023 20:56

My DS had a lip tie that we noticed when his top teeth came through and we had it lasered privately when he was 8 months as he was having problems latching and weaning. Apparently the NHS don't do anything about lip ties until it causes speech problems later on! So even if it was picked up there probably wouldn't have been a suggested treatment. I'd say good that it's ripped if it's been what's causing the issues and your DH was right it should just heal now but we were given a balm to rub on our DS's daily as it healed to help the healing and to stop it healing back together. I wish I could remember what it was but it was years ago! Google should be able to help there.

roughtyping · 26/05/2023 21:02

My DS had a lip tie which he ripped falling on concrete. Dentist said oh it's better he did it himself! Felt traumatic to me! He had quite a gap between his front teeth before but his teeth moved.

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Sussexcricket · 26/05/2023 21:13

It might be but the NHS don't do anything about lip ties anyway. Only tounge ties and it may not be connected at all to his speech

Lollygaggle · 26/05/2023 21:23

It is a frenulum which is normal anatomy, virtually everyone will have one. It does not affect speech and they are not, generally , treated as they normally rip if a problem. As a child grows they become less obvious

very,very occasionally when a child is older and the frenulum is fibrous and goes in between the teeth it might be nipped off as it can be a factor in gaps in between front teeth. However this is a proceedure that has fallen out of favour over the last few decades.

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