Introduction

Enhance your understanding of the issues of pediatric laser dentistry, including tongue-ties and lip-ties! As many as 5 percent of all babies born in the US have tongue-ties significant enough to cause breastfeeding difficulties. Affected babies often fail to thrive and can be erroneously labeled as “lazy nursers” or “stubborn feeders”.

Clinical Curriculum

• Background and significance of TOTS;
• Diagnosis of pediatric tongue- and lip-ties;
• Multi-disciplinary approach to treating pediatric tongue- and lip-ties;
• Lactation support for the breastfeeding tongue-tied dyad;
• Bodywork and alternative therapy for the tongue-tied baby;
• Setting expectations with families and patients;
• Current methods of clinical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of pediatric lingual and labial ties.

Instructors

• Martin Kaplan, DMD
• Tara Erson, DMD, IBCLC
• Cara Riek, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, IBCLC
• Piya Gandhi, DDS
• Peter Vitruk, PhD, MInstP, CPhys

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