The shortened language bridle - rather widespread phenomenon among newborns. This anomaly is easily diagnosed and if necessary quickly is eliminated.
What the short bridle of language threatens with
The hypoglossal bridle is a thin membrane which connects language to the lower jaw. Sometimes this membrane appears not sufficient length, than limits mobility of language, in this case speak about an ankiloglossiya - the shortened language bridle. At such anomaly the child is not capable to put out tongue - it is bent to a lower lip or gets a heart form.
The short hypoglossal bridle can cause in the newborn of a problem with sucking of a maternal breast as the membrane prevents the child to clasp mother's nipple densely. Such kid will not be able normally to eat breast milk, will badly gain weight and to be capricious often. The short bridle complicates the movement of language in a mouth. It is heavy to child to lift language and to touch with it the top sky, he cannot put out a tip tongue from a mouth. It can result further in various defects of the speech, for example, to so-called lisping. The shortened hypoglossal bridle can also promote formation at the child of the wrong bite and to the shift of a tooth alignment.
Doctors cannot still state the exact reason for this anomaly, but long ago it is noted that the defect is most often descended. Can distinguish a problem and solve it immediately the doctor-neonatolog in maternity hospital in the first days of life of the child. If the defect is not too strong, then the expert can postpone a question of cutting for some time for which the bridle can stretch and return to normal a little. If parents nevertheless begin to notice that the kid badly sucks a breast and constantly is capricious, does not gorge on, then it is necessary to address the surgeon, or the stomatologist. If your child already big, and you suspect that he has such defect, make the following: ask to lift language and to touch with it the top sky. If it is able to have no trouble in doing it, then everything is all right. And if it causes difficulty, and you see that the membrane strongly stretches and does not allow to rise to language up, then your kid has after all a short hypoglossal bridle.
How and when to cut a bridle
It is the best of all to cut a bridle at the most early age, about one year. It is extremely simple and almost painless procedure. Hold it or in surgical office of policlinic at the place of residence or in dental clinic. At chest age the operation is made without anesthesia, special scissors, and mother's milk will help to stop the bleeding. The procedure will take 5-10 minutes. At more advanced age of plastic of a bridle it is made under local anesthesia, if necessary seams are imposed. At advanced age this procedure can also be carried out the laser with use of the anesthetizing gel. Anyway cutting of a bridle does not cause any complications and the earlier you will carry out this procedure, the better for your kid.