Effect of tongue tie corrective surgery on the development of language in children with short lingual frenulum

VernacularTitle:舌系带矫正术对舌系带过短患儿语言发育的影响
Author: Ruoheng SHAO ; Fei GUAN ; Mengxing WANG ; Liping ZHAO
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Orthopedic procedures; Lingual frenum; Language development
From: Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2014;21(6):838-839
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the effect of tongue tie corrective surgery on the development of language in children with short lingual frenulum.Methods 94 children with short lingual frenulum were selected,and under the permission of the patients'family they were randomly divided into two groups.The treatment group received ankylotomy and language training.The control group was only given language training.The clinical efficacy,improvement time of pronunciation and adverse reactions were compared between the two groups.Results The total effective rate of the treatment group was 91.49％,which was significantly higher than 72.34％ of the control group (x2 =5.816,P ＜0.05).The improvement time of pronunciation in the treatment group was significantly shorter than the control group(t =21.250,P ＜ 0.01).There were no serious adverse reactions observed in two groups.Conclusion Tongue tie correction surgery can significantly affect the language development in children with short lingual frenulum,the improvement time of pronunciation is short,which is worthy of clinical application.