Recently, when I visited the clinic, I found that more and more parents asked to check whether the frenulum of tongue was too short, mostly because they saw or heard others say on the Internet that [the disease] was very serious and would affect children’s speech. In fact, there is no evidence to check the normal length and average thickness of lingual frenulum for infants from 0 to 3 months old, especially for newborns. We can only find clues from some clinical manifestations. Under normal circumstances, I will briefly evaluate the distance between the baby’s tongue frenulum and the tip of the tongue, and then ask the family a few questions: Is it difficult for the baby to breastfeed? Have Read More …