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KMID : 0917520010080030161
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Journal of Speech Sciences
2001 Volume.8 No. 3 p.161 ~ p.172
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A Preliminary Study on the Determining Indicatory Factors for Frenulotomy
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Ankyloglossia (tongue-tie) limits movement of the tongue connected with feeding and has adverse impacts on both dental bealth and speech. For the patients with ankyloglossia, surgical intervention is recommended as primary treatment. This study suggests the efficient tool in determining indicatory factors for frenulotomy by quatifying Maximum Lingual Length-Protrusion (MLL-P) with boley gauge, and as a preliminary studty, to show the measurement results with normal children using the tool. The subjects were 61 normatl childred, and the distance (MLL-P) between mandibular central incisor and tongue tip during tongue protrusion was measured with a boley gauge (Digimatic Caliper^®). The results of this study can be summarized as follows: (1) The mean value of MLL-P (N=61 normal children) was 21.44 ㎜, (2) The mean value of MLL-P was 20.69 ㎜ in males (N=33) and 21.91 ㎜ in females (N=28). There was no statistically significant difference between males and females, (3) The mean value of MLL-P was 19.34 ㎜, 21.19 ㎜, 22.33 ㎜, 22.61 ㎜ for measurement of 3-, 4-, 5- and 6-year-old children, respectively, and (4) The mean value of MLL-P showed statistically significant difference between 3- and 5-year-old children, between 3- and 6-year old children.
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