Tongue and Lip-Tie Treatment
Improve your child’s feeding, digestion, sleep habits, and more in less than a minute.
Does Your Child Have a Tongue or Lip-Tie?
Approximately 10% of children born in the US do.
A tongue-tie or lip-tie is a congenital condition that restricts the movement and function of the tongue or upper lip.
This condition hinders your baby's ability to latch and feed from day one. As your child ages, this can lead to:
- Improper facial development
- Gag reflux and feeding issues
- Sleeping and breathing issues
- Speech delays or impairments
- Orthodontic problems
Dr. Cathy uses a gentle CO2 laser to treat this. It takes less than a minute and typically doesn't require anesthesia. There's less bleeding, no trauma, and you can feed your baby before you leave.
Ask us if a laser frenectomy is right for your child.
Is a Frenectomy Worth It?
Parents and patients choose frenectomies for a range of reasons and at various ages.
What Are Parents & Patients Saying?
Watch these video testimonials.
No Stitches Needed
See how Dr. Cathy makes frenectomies easy for patients and parents.
A traditional frenectomy involves cutting the frenum with a sharp tool and stitching the wound. As you can imagine, this is not only painful and scary for your child but also for you to watch.
At The Kidds Place, we offer a gentler alternative with the LightScalpel™ CO2 laser,
Parents prefer this soft tissue laser for a number of reasons:
- Extremely precise and successful
- Vaporizes oral tissue instead of cutting
- Very little if any bleeding
- Often no anesthesia is needed
- Takes less than one minute
- Reduces risk of infections or complications afterward
- Less pain afterward than other methods (including scalpel, scissors, or diode laser)
- Fast healing process
- Can likely feed immediately after
They also trust Dr. Cathy. She has extensive training and education on tethered oral tissues, pediatric airways analysis, and even studied directly under the creator of the LightScalpel.
Contact us for laser tongue and lip-tie treatment in Spokane, WA.
Tongue-Tie vs. Lip-Tie
Watch these videos to understand the difference.
Tongue-Tie
Lip-Tie
Improve Your Child’s Life Forever, in Less than a Minute
Contact us for a laser frenectomy in Spokane, WA.
