Entries by Darius Moghtader

Is it possible to stretch a short frenulum?

“The too-short tongue tie is stretchy and will fuse, so let’s wait.” You often hear this sentence and unfortunately it does not become any truer. Since the Martinelli/Marchesan* study of 2014, we know that tongue ties are largely composed of type 1 collagen. Collagen type 1 is 3% extensible. This means that with an estimated […]

Is it possible to stretch a short frenulum?

“The too-short tongue tie is stretchy and will fuse, so let’s wait.” You often hear this sentence and unfortunately it does not become any truer. Since the Martinelli/Marchesan* study of 2014, we know that tongue ties are largely composed of type 1 collagen. Collagen type 1 is 3% extensible. This means that with an estimated […]