Entries by Luce Tooth Pediatric Dentistry

Does My Child Need Sedation Dentistry?

Sedation dentistry is an important tool that dentists use to help patients get through their dental appointments. Depending on how well your child handles dental appointments, your child’s dentist in Seminole, FL, and St. Petersburg, FL, may recommend sedation dentistry. As a parent, you’re likely to have questions about sedation dentistry. If you do, we can help. […]

 Benefits of Tongue Tie Release

At Luce Tooth Pediatric Dentistry, our goal is not only to help your child to have healthy teeth, but also to help them have a healthy mouth. Some children are born with a condition called a tongue tie, where the tongue does not have the mobility it should because of extra skin keeping it connected […]

What Is a Tongue Tie?

The front of a child’s tongue has a small piece of connective tissue that ties the tongue to the floor of the mouth. This tissue should be fairly loose, allowing the tongue to move freely. For some kids, there is too much tissue, and the tongue stays too tightly connected to the bottom of the […]

Untreated Tongue Tie Can Cause Many Problems

Ankyloglossia, more commonly known astongue-tie in Seminole FL, is a medical condition that causes a piece of the tongue called the lingual frenulum to remain attached to the roof of the mouth. Children who have a tongue-tie are born with it. Infants born with a tongue-tie struggle to receive proper nutrition through breastfeeding or formula […]

What is Tongue Tie?

In the womb, a baby’s tongue is tethered to the floor of the mouth with a thick band of tissue called the lingual frenulum. As the baby develops, this band of tissue thins and moves from the front to the back of the tongue as the tongue elongates. By the time the baby is born, […]