Tongue tie
Alternative names:
ankyloglossia
Symptoms:
- inability to protrude tongue
- V-shaped notch in tip of tongue
- excessive attachment of tongue to floor of the mouth by a membrane (lingual frenum)
Signs and tests:
Physical examination confirms that the lingual frenum is attached too far forward.
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