Double lip frenulum

[Mrsboyko]

My son has a thick center lip frenulum. It extends right thru his front teeth and will probably make him have a gap there, but so does DH and I think it is cute. The second frenulum is off to the left side of his mouth on the top. It will probably correspond with the space between his 3rd and 4th tooth (once they come in) on that side. It is not as thick as the center one, but it is definitely there. Has anyone else seen this? I have googled, but I am not getting anywhere.....

[grahamsmom98]

I had this when I was a child. Our dentist cut the frenulum so that my adult teeth wouldn't have the gap (my baby teeth had a gap).

The gap lessened quickly and there was no space when my adult teeth came in. I'm really glad that my folks had him do this as it gave me, in my opinion, a nicer smile than having the gap (it may look good on Laurne Hutton, but I'm not her! ). I know I would have asked to have it done later, had they not done it for me earlier.

I do remember, however, that the dentist did not numb before doing the cutting ("Oh, it's only a little sting and then it's over!" ). It hurt like hell and, when I cried out, he told me to stop or, "I'll tell your Mom to go home without you!" I stopped. He was a real UAV.

[cristeen]

We had to have my son's clipped because it was interfering with BF. I do recall that there was very little info to be found on it.

[sapphire_chan]

As for the second frenulum, could it be related to a hare-lip at all? Like his lip started developing a split and then corrected?

[Mrsboyko]

Well, I think hare-lip split tends to occure more around the 2nd-3rd tooth area. This is further back, more like cheek area almost.

He does have other little physical annomolies too. He has syndactyly of the 4th and 5th digits (fused fingers) in his right hand and a "6th finger" (polydactyly like a overgrown skin tag) near his 5th finger on the right hand. I have researched the different syndromes tha can cause the finger issues and nothing mentions frendulum annomolies. I just feel like there is a connection, KIWM?

[deditus]

My dd had a thick upper frenulum and her ped dentist said they no longer cut them until they are older because it will usually go away on it's own and cutting it would cause scar tissue that could be worse in making teeth gap. I found this to be true in my dd's case. She now has a nice space at age 3.5, easy to keep clean, but it won't be a cosmetic issue at all. Idk about the side - that is unusual and your gut is probably right that they are related.

[Mountaingirl79]

Originally Posted by grahamsmom98

I had this when I was a child. Our dentist cut the frenulum so that my adult teeth wouldn't have the gap (my baby teeth had a gap).

The gap lessened quickly and there was no space when my adult teeth came in. I'm really glad that my folks had him do this as it gave me, in my opinion, a nicer smile than having the gap (it may look good on Laurne Hutton, but I'm not her! ). I know I would have asked to have it done later, had they not done it for me earlier.

I do remember, however, that the dentist did not numb before doing the cutting ("Oh, it's only a little sting and then it's over!" ). It hurt like hell and, when I cried out, he told me to stop or, "I'll tell your Mom to go home without you!" I stopped. He was a real UAV.

I had this and also had it cut as a child too! I'm sorry your dentist was a UAV. I can imagine how that must have hurt. I was in a nitrous oxide haze when I had it done. I was a bit older and had adult front teeth and I was already getting something else done so they just did that during it.

My teeth adjusted/fell into line pretty quickly and the gap is gone. You can't even tell nowadays.