Necesidad de frenectomía lingual en primera infancia vs terapia del lenguaje. Revisión de literatura

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this research was t identify the most commonly used therapy to treat the different degrees of ankyloglossia in early childhood. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The methodology applied was a bibliographic review in the Scielo, PubMed and, Medline Plus databases, the inclusion criteria were: cohort study type documents, case reports, and randomized clinical trials as long as they are current articles. Exclusion criteria: articles that did not comply with the research objective were not taken into account. Two reviews were conducted; in the first one, scientific articles that met the inclusion criteria were selected by reading the title and abstract, and articles that were duplicated in the databases were discarded. In the second review, we checked the concordance with the objective of the study and the treatment of ankyloglossia pathology. RESULTS: The results obtained were that the majority of the researchers performed lingual frenectomy as a treatment for ankyloglossia, this can be accompanied by lingual therapy, however, there is no evidence that ankyloglossia can only be treated with miofunctional therapy. CONCLUSIONS: Frencctomy is the most used therapy in ankyloglossia because of the immediate results it provides to the patient and because it is performed uniquely. However, speech therapy is preferable in a mild degree of ankyloglossia in early childhood.