Lip Tie & Tongue Tie Release
Lip Tie & Tongue Tie Release Procedure
Tethered oral tissues are something talked about very little in dental school. It’s a lesser known area of dentistry, and a lot of dentists don’t treat the condition. Dr. Lacey was the first dentist in New Orleans to treat this issue for babies, children, and adults.
Many newborn babies struggling to breastfeed because their lips and tongues can’t move appropriately. With a 30-45 second laser surgery, the baby can move their tongue and lips like they should, and are able to have a productive breastfeeding relationship, after working with a lactation consultant and a speech therapist that specializes in feeding.
Training & Specialists
Dr. Lacey uses a Light Scalpel CO2 laser for the procedure. The laser works for quicker healing and less associated pain. It’s a life changing procedure, and it’s one we’re very proud to offer at Southern Dental Care.
Dr. Lacey has traveled to three different states to learn from some of the most knowledgeable dentists, IBCLCs (lactation consultants), and SLPs (speech therapists) in the nation about this condition and procedure. She performs this procedure on an average of three babies per week in-office. She is now an IBCLC (International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant), which is the highest designation in lactation care.
At Southern Dental Care, we have two speech and language pathologists (SLP) that work in-office (Kendra Ventura, M.C.D., CCC-SLP and Rebecca Kleinpeter, M.A., CCC-SLP, CLC) who specialize in feeding. Rebecca is also a certified lactation consultant. With their expertise on tongue & oral function, as well as Rebecca's ability to help a nursing mother with her latch, we make a dream team! They diagnose functional issues and determine if therapy alone will be enough to solve the problem. If the patient plateaus in therapy or comes to us from another therapist having already plateaued, we perform the frenectomy (tie release) and return the patient to their therapist or continue therapy in-office to aid in the healing process. Southern Dental Care is the only office in the entire state of Louisiana where the dentist is an IBCLC plus we have a speech therapist always on site who is also a lactation consultant.
Want to Learn More About Lip Tie & Tongue Tie Release
in Marrero, LA?
Would you like to find out if lip tie or tongue tie release is right for you? We have a specialized coordinator who can answer any question you may have while setting up a consultation with Dr. Lacey and one of the speech therapists in Marrero, LA office.
As one of the premier providers of lip tie and tongue tie release in Marrero, LA, Southern Dental Care also provides 5-star-rated dental care to patients in Westwego, Harvey, Gretna, Belle Chasse, New Orleans, Harahan, Algiers, Terrytown & Metairie.
“Evelyn was born 3 weeks early, 3rd percentile. Her latch was EXTREMELY painful for me, and she could barely suck on a bottle of expressed bm. Her pedi kept telling me, “it’s not a tie, those aren’t real, it’s ok to give formula”. At 2.5 weeks they started to bring up failure to thrive. I was sleep deprived from round the clock feeding, desperate to keep baby EBF, and started researching what could be causing this. After finding this group and being reached out to by Dr. Andreotta, Evelyn had her lip tie and posterior tongue tie lasered at 4 weeks old. I am so happy to report that we are STILL exclusively breastfed at 4 months old, and she jumped from the 3rd percentile in weight to the 76th. Here she is saying “failure to thrive? me? nope!” I can’t recommend Dr. Andreotta enough and hope this finds someone who feels as lost and discouraged as I did!”
Before & After Photos
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Healing After 5 and 10 Days
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