title: Er, Cr:YSGG laser for the treatment of ankyloglossia.
abstract: Ankyloglossia or tongue-tie is the result of a short and tight lingual frenum causing difficulty in speech, feeding problems in infants due to the limitation of tongue movement. This report presents a case of a 22-year-old female with tongue-tie who complained of difficulty in speech following which she underwent frenectomy procedure with erbium, chromium: yattrium-scandium-gallium-garnet laser without any complications. She was referred to the speech therapist after the procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Arundeep K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Lamba
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Kamal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Farrukh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Faraz
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Shruti
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tandon
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Kirti
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chawla
keywords: Ankyloglossia; chromium: yattrium-scandium-gallium-garnet laser; erbium; erbium lasers; frenectomy