Sir, orthodontic and oral surgery departments are becoming inundated with unnecessary referrals from dentists, and sometimes orthodontic specialists, requesting upper labial frenectomies. The age ...

A selection of abstracts of clinically relevant papers from other journals. The abstracts on this page have been chosen and edited by John R. Radford. The blanche test ('blanching of the papilla when ...

Frenectomy, or frenotomy, can refer to any procedure where binding tissue on the body is cut or modified. One common type includes circumcision. A frenectomy, also known as a frenotomy, can refer to ...

The piece of tissue behind your upper lip is called the frenulum. When these membranes are too thick or too stiff, they can keep the upper lip from moving freely. This condition is called a lip tie.