FPBC2 - Treating the Pediatric Tongue-Tie and Lip-Tie: The PEEL Technique® — A New Paradigm in Pediatric Tongue-Tie Treatment (Part 2)
Friday, July 19, 2024
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM CDT
Credits: 3
Pre-Requisites: FPBC1 is a pre-requisite for this course. AGD Subject Code: 430: Pediatric Dentistry Course Type: Participation Bundle Fee: $850 Session Notes: This session is part of a four-course bundle.
Five percent or more of the babies born in the United States have such tight tongue-ties and frenum pulls that they cannot successfully latch onto their mothers’ nipples and breastfeed. For the baby, this could lead to serious consequences, including loss of weight and the label of “failure to thrive.” For the mother, this can result in sore or cracked nipples, mastitis, painful engorgement and even postpartum depression due to an inability to breastfeed. This has classically been treated by a physician taking a scalpel or a pair of scissors to the newborn’s mouth and cutting the attachment. The treatment of choice, however, is for a dentist to use laser technology to painlessly and bloodlessly remove the attachment, allowing the infant to immediately nurse.
Though many practitioners perform tongue-tie release, few are trained in the PEEL Technique®. This technique ensures that the four movements the tongue must make in order for the baby to successfully nurse can be performed: peristalsis, elevation, extension and lateralization.
Learning Objectives:
Accumulate all of the required data via history intake forms.
Perform a clinical examination to arrive at the correct diagnosis.
Evaluate when this procedure should be done.
Perform the procedure using laser technology.
Network with lactation consultants, pediatricians, neonatologists and the rest of the medical team.