With a tongue - tie, a stretchy band of
tissue under the tongue (called a frenulum) is tighter than it should be.
When a baby has this tight band of
tissue under the tongue, it is called «tongue - tie» or ankyloglossia.
A tight frenulum (the whitish
tissue under the tongue) may result in a baby having difficulty latching on.
It's a tight little band of
tissue under the tongue that prevents the tongue from being able to move in all of the ways it needs to for proper feeding, swallowing, and more.
Not exact matches
It also involves checking the tonsils,
tongue,
under the
tongue, lip margins and cheek
tissue.