Abstract
There is substantial evidence that the presence of a tongue-tie can interfere with, and adversely affect, breastfeeding. Division of a tongue-tie in this situation produces significant improvements. A new clinic was set up to provide this service locally and in parallel with a breastfeeding clinic. Two hundred and twenty tongue ties were divided, from a cohort of 7982 live births, over a 16 month period. The procedure was performed easily without any anaesthetic. Feeding problems were fully resolved in 168 (67%), improved in 47 (21%) and unchanged in only 5 (2%) cases. Most of the mothers (and fathers) involved in this study reported significant satisfaction with the service both in terms of improvement in feeding difficulties and ease of access. In addition, no problems or complications were encountered. This new clinic provides rapid and easy access to a simple and effective procedure for this relatively common problem.
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