Does the dentist in your practice perform frenectomies? |
213 total votes |
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| 35% |
| Yes |
|
| 20% |
| No |
|
| 25% |
| We refer to an oral surgeon |
|
| 20% |
| We refer to a periodontist |
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Do you have any personal friends or family diagnosed with ankyloglossia? |
170 total votes |
|
| 18% |
| Yes |
|
| 82% |
| No |
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Do you have any personal friends or family whose baby was born tongue tied and had trouble breast feeding? |
171 total votes |
|
| 19% |
| Yes |
|
| 81% |
| 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? |
172 total votes |
|
| 82% |
| Yes |
|
| 18% |
| No |
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Do you check for range of motion of the tongue, out straight, right and left? |
170 total votes |
|
| 59% |
| Yes |
|
| 41% |
| No |
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When seeing a tight lingual frenum, do you ask the patient if they’ve been told they snore? |
170 total votes |
|
| 12% |
| Yes |
|
| 88% |
| No |
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Have you seen tight labial frenums that make closing the lips together difficult? |
169 total votes |
|
| 37% |
| Yes |
|
| 63% |
| No |
|
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Do you check the frenums of mouth breathers? |
164 total votes |
|
| 40% |
| Yes |
|
| 60% |
| No |
|
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Does your office refer to a speech pathologist? |
160 total votes |
|
| 18% |
| Yes |
|
| 83% |
| No |
|
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Does your practice refer to an oral myologist? |
165 total votes |
|
| 9% |
| Yes |
|
| 91% |
| No |
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Would you use a systematic way to evaluate and classify ankyloglossia if it were available? |
169 total votes |
|
| 78% |
| Yes |
|
| 22% |
| No |
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