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Originally Posted by okcgoddess
What do you mean by fusion ( complete ankyloglossia)? Is your opinion to wait until 4 years of age or is that from a medial book or site? My reasoning to get it as soon as possible was so he wouldn't have any difficulties in his speech or eating. He is already having difficulty swallowing baby food. And there are certain words he won't be able to learn until it is clipped. The presentation of his frenulum is at the very tip of his tounge and it is very short. He can't lift his tounge or stick it out.
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That info was from a few different sources I had.
Complete fusion is more severe and more rare. Your son obviousy doesn't have that condition if he's able to move his tongue some. It's basically a complete fusion of the underside of the tongue to the floor of the mouth. Cell atrophy didn't occur during development.
Your son has partial ankyloglossia, or what's typically just called ankyloglossia or tongue-tie. It's simply just due to a short frenulum.
As the child ages, typically the frenulum will grow and the child compensates.
With your son, if he's having problems eating, that might be a good reason to go ahead and have the surgery. It just depends on the difficulties he's having. Speech issues obviously couldn't be determined until later.
There are some risks. The greatest risk is probably scarring. Postoperative scarring may limit tongue movement even more than before the procedure.
It's completely up to you. I will say, most children grow out of the condition, and end up not needing the procedure. But, it completely depends on the severity.