Ankyloglossia: Facts and myths in diagnosis and treatment

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1204-1219

  Suter, Valérie G A ^a   Bornstein, Michael M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b School Dental Service   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gingival recession; Malocclusion; Obstetrics; Oral medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; GINGIVA DISEASE; HUMAN; MALOCCLUSION; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPEECH DISORDER; TONGUE; TONGUE DISEASE;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; GINGIVAL RECESSION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINGUAL FRENUM; MALOCCLUSION; SPEECH DISORDERS; TONGUE; TONGUE DISEASES;

EID: 68749092199     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2009.090086     Document Type: Review

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