Has anybody ever heard of

[Nattiesmom10]

a frenum. Dd had Her 1st dentist app. Today & they noticed that she has a piece growing between her teeth that's connected to her lip. It's like the little piece of skin that everybody has connecting their lips to their gums but hers is bigger & kind of in the wrong place. Anyway they were talking about how they would have to remove it when she gets older. Does anybody have any experience with this?

[ilovemykids732]

nope, but heres a BUMP

[tiffany0214]

Yea my niece had to have hers cut because it was too long. my ds fell learning to walk and tore his from his gums. it's not something u have to have. ny niece all they did was cut it off her lip and gum.

[Nattiesmom10]

How old was she. Was it pretty simple & did it correct the problem?

Quoting tiffany0214:

Yea my niece had to have hers cut because it was too long. my ds fell learning to walk and tore his from his gums. it's not something u have to have. ny niece all they did was cut it off her lip and gum.

[squishylove]

Yes, I thought everyone had one...

My youngest fell on her face and tore her frenulum, it bled all day. But after talking to the doc he made it sound common.

Maybe her's is too long or something.

[sreichelt26]

frenulum. yes - when it's like that, it's called  a lip tie. No experience, but I know we often suggest babies get checked for that (or a tongue tie) when they're having problems nursing. 

It can cause speech problems, but not as much as a tongue tie would.

[Baby_Avas_Momma]

Yup!

Quoting sreichelt26:

frenulum. yes - when it's like that, it's called  a lip tie. No experience, but I know we often suggest babies get checked for that (or a tongue tie) when they're having problems nursing. 

It can cause speech problems, but not as much as a tongue tie would.

[Nattiesmom10]

Everybody has one but hers is too long & attatched between her front teeth & she has a big gap.

Quoting squishylove:

Yes, I thought everyone had one...



My youngest fell on her face and tore her frenulum, it bled all day. But after talking to the doc he made it sound common.



Maybe her's is too long or something.

[tiffany0214]

She was 4 and yes it was simple. they numbed her mouth cut it put her on antibiotics to keep infection away and she did really well with it.

Quoting Nattiesmom10:

How old was she. Was it pretty simple & did it correct the problem?

Quoting tiffany0214:

Yea my niece had to have hers cut because it was too long. my ds fell learning to walk and tore his from his gums. it's not something u have to have. ny niece all they did was cut it off her lip and gum.