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Watch Leonard Kundel, DMD, of Stamford, CT, perform lip- and tongue-tie releases (frenectomy) using his LightScalpel CO2 laser. The labial- and lingual-frenectomies were performed on Hillary, his 41 year-old patient.
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Watch as Leonard Kundel, DMD, of Stamford, CT, performs a tongue-tie revision using a LightScalpel CO2 laser on an adult patient. “If airway is the king, then tongue is the
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Richard Baxter, DMD, MS, uses his LightScalpel CO2 laser to release both an upper lip- and tongue-ties on a 4-week-old infant. Infant frenectomies are performed to help resolve nursing difficulties.
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Richard Baxter, DMD, MS, performs a LightScalpel CO2 Laser Frenectomy on a 2-week-old baby. Both lip- and tongue-ties are released to help resolve nursing difficulties. After an infant laser frenectomy
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Richard Baxter, DMD, MS, performs an infant LightScalpel CO2 Laser Frenectomy of anterior and posterior tongue-ties. The tongue-tie corrective procedures were performed in just seconds with no bleeding and using
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By: Vitruk, Peter | Published: 2020 in Dental Sleep Practice
Find out why doctors choose the LightScalpel CO2 laser when performing functional frenectomies and frenuloplasties. This partial literature review emphasizes the importance of oro-myofunctional therapy and weighs the differences between the LightScalpel and other laser modalities when treating tethered oral tissues.
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By: Kaplan, Martin and Vitruk, Peter | Published: 2020 in Dental Sleep Practice
The many uses for a soft tissue CO2 laser in pediatric dentistry and orthodontics, such as gingivectomies, frenectomies, exposure of impacted teeth, and others, feature minimal blood loss and reduced discomfort for the patients.
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By: Baxter, Richard | Published: 2018 in Dental Sleep Practice
A baby with an anterior (near or at the tip) tongue-tie or a hidden (submucosal) posterior tongue-tie is often born with a high arched palate. These common tethers keep the tongue in a low position in utero...
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By: Wuertz, Karen and Vitruk, Peter | Published: 2017 in Dental Sleep Practice
Proper orofacial function in patients can be restored through an extensive functional release of restrictive lingual frenum. The functional release is achieved through the SuperPulse CO2 laser frenectomy accompanied by the tongue mobility assessment; and mandatory OMT.
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By: Kaplan, Martin and Vitruk, Peter | Published: 2017 in Dental Sleep Practice
See two case studies by Martin Kaplan, DMD, as he uses his 10,600-nm CO2 laser to perform frenectomies in pediatric patients.
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By: Fabbie, Paula, Kundel, Leonard, and Vitruk, Peter | Published: 2016 in Dental Sleep Practice
A tongue-tie functional release includes mandatory pre- and post myofunctional therapy and the CO2 laser frenectomy, preferably under topical anesthesia and combined with Tongue Movement Assessment to achieve optimal function.
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Brynn Leroux, DDS, shares her experience performing tongue- and lip-tie releases with a dental diode and a LightScalpel CO2 laser. Dr. Leroux is a board-certified pediatric dentist at Associates in
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