Asaphia in children with ankyloglossia and articulation therapy after lengthening of lingual frenum / 实用口腔医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To study the asaphia in children with ankyloglossia and the effect of articulation therapy after anaplasty.Methods:Articulation analysis by testing 21 shengmu and 8 yunmu, particularly the articulation involving front tongue was carried out in 16 healthy children and in 32 children with ankyloglossia before and after treatment.Among the 32 children with ankyloglossia 16 were treated with articulation training 1 month after operation(trained group),another 16 had the articutation test 2 months after operation(untrained group).Results:The articulation clarity in the children with ankyloglossia and in the healthly controls was 29.36 and 97.86 respectively(P