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COJ Nursing & Healthcare

Is the Medical Profession Following the Hippocratic Oath by doing No Harm when Mothers and Infants are Allowed to Suffer Needlessly when they are Told nothing is Wrong when Tethered Oral Tissues are Either Ignored or Misdiagnosed?

  • Open or CloseLawrence Kotlow DDS*

    Pediatric Dentist, USA

    *Corresponding author: Lawrence Kotlow DDS, Pediatric Dentist, DDS Practice Limited to Pediatric Dentistry, 340 Fuller Road Albany, New York 12203, USA

Submission: October 26, 2019; Published: November 21, 2019

DOI: 10.31031/COJNH.2019.05.000621

ISSN: 2577-2007
Volume5 Issue5

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It both amazes me and gets me upset when I see so many infants referred to my office by friends, relatives, some lactation consultants and body workers with ignored tethered oral tissues. What are tethered oral tissues? The majority are tight and restrictive lingual and upper lip attachments which prevent the infant from getting a tight, secure, painless latch during nursing onto the areola.

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