Have you ever seen a patient with the classic heart-shaped tongue when raised due to ankyloglossia? |
273 total votes |
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| 52% |
| a. Yes |
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| 48% |
| b. No |
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When you ask patients to stick their tongue out for oral cancer exams, do you also check the lingual frenum position? |
216 total votes |
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| 92% |
| a. Yes |
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| 8% |
| b. No |
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Do you check for range of motion of the tongue, out straight, right and left? |
216 total votes |
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| 67% |
| a. Yes |
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| 33% |
| b. No |
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When seeing a tight lingual frenum, do you ask the patient if they’ve been told they snore? |
214 total votes |
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| 11% |
| a. Yes |
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| 89% |
| b. No |
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When seeing a tight lingual frenum, how often do you also see lingual gingival recession? |
0 total votes |
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Do you measure and record all frenums; maxillary, labial and lingual? |
214 total votes |
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| 6% |
| a. Yes |
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| 72% |
| b. No |
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| 22% |
| c. Sometimes |
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Does your practice recommend frenotomy, frenectomy or z-plasty for ankkyloglossia? |
213 total votes |
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| 67% |
| a. Yes |
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| 33% |
| b. No |
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Does the dentist in your practice perform frenectomies? |
212 total votes |
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| 31% |
| a. Yes |
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| 56% |
| b. No |
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| 13% |
| c. Sometimes |
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Do you have any personal friends or family who have ankyloglossia? |
212 total votes |
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| 26% |
| a. Yes |
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| 74% |
| b. No |
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Do you have any personal friends or family whose baby was born tongue tied and had trouble breast feeding? |
214 total votes |
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| 12% |
| a. Yes |
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| 88% |
| b. No |
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What symptoms of ankyloglossia have you seen in patients? |
0 total votes |
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Does your office refer to a speech pathologist? |
210 total votes |
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| 26% |
| a. Yes |
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| 74% |
| b. No |
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Does your practice refer to an oral myologist? |
211 total votes |
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| 6% |
| a. Yes |
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| 94% |
| b. No |
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Do you have a way to categorize variations in degrees of ankyloglossia? |
209 total votes |
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| 5% |
| a. Yes |
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| 95% |
| b. No |
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Would you use a systematic way to evaluate and classify ankyloglossia if it were available? |
210 total votes |
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| 79% |
| a. Yes |
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| 21% |
| b. No |
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