EAT, BREATH, SLEEP, SPEAK BETTER
Children with untreated restrictive tongue and lip ties can eventually develop compensatory behaviors which may result in the following complications:
- Mouth breathing
- Snoring
- Restless sleep
- Snoring
- Sleeping in odd positions
- Bed wetting
- Sleep Related Breathing Disorder and Sleep Apnea
- Difficulty transitioning to solids
- Food and texture aversions
- Pocketing food in cheeks
- Gagging or choking
- Bloating, Constipation, and reflux
- Delayed speech milestones
- Difficulty with sounds like L, T, R, S, D, N, TH beyond the age your child should have mastered these sounds.
- Lisp
- Stuttering
- Difficulty talking fast
- Unclear speech with longer sentences.
- Migraines
- Neck and back pain
- Forward or slumped posture
- Propensity to dental cavities
- Gap between front teeth
- Gum recession
- High palatal vault
- Narrow lower jaw
- Overbite
- Open bite
- Dental crowding
- Symptoms of ADD/ADHD