In the mouth there are two folds connectors, first holding the gum of the dental arch above the lip and the second connects the base of the tongue to the floor of the mouth. These folds are located in the midline and you are called labial or lingual braces.When the labial frenum is excessively short or thick must be corrected to avoid problems in the pronunciation of words and food because of the difficulty to move or take the tongue.When the lingual frenum is do short do, called: syndrome of short frenulum or Ankyloglossia or inflexible bridle.??The correction of this problem or frenillectomia is a very common procedure.
