My husband is getting out of the military in 5 months. We have solid insurance until then. We just found out that our 2 year old son is tongue tied, like his father, treated at birth, and like his uncle, treated at 4 (Had bad speech impediment). The dentist wants to wait, due to his age and anesthesia (Around 3-4yrs) and that is bad!!!!!! My heart says, "YOUNG CHILDREN UNDERGO ANESTHESIA ALL OVER THE WORLD EVERY DAY"! We have a guarantee 5 months of dental insurance! Lets go for it! He will bounce back! This would prevent him from having a MAJOR speech impediment later on in life and the sooner treated the better, right?
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I would do it now. Here is link to article with answer from doctor on almost same question (and dr did not say to wait for risks of anesthesia) http://parenting.ivillage.com/newborn/nh… I would also watch out for possible speech issues. If your son has any, he would have to be assessed for free early intervention services by age 3. So if you wait to cut frenulum until he's three, if he has lingering issues, you are out of the box on that too. Perhaps the dentist is not comfortable with administering general anesthesia to a young child though. I have only heard of this procedure being done by an MD. A doctor might be more comfortable with doing the anesthesia. lots of articles on tongue tie linked from here http://www.kellymom.com/babyconcerns/bfh…
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