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Clinical Consequences of Ankyloglossia from Childhood to Adulthood
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  • Update Date: 06 Jun 2025
  • ankyloglossia
  • tongue tie
  • deglutition
  • childhood
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This video is adapted from 10.3390/ijom51010005

Ankyloglossia causes impairment of normal tongue motility and disrupts the average balance of the muscle forces that form the orofacial complex. Inadequate swallowing from birth can cause long-term anatomical and functional consequences in adult life. Using the video presented herein, we describe the current knowledge about the long-term implications of ankyloglossia. After a literature review of the Medline, Google Scholar, and Embase databases on the relations between ankyloglossia and sleep-disordered breathing, we designed and created a three-dimensional (3D) video using Adobe After Effects based on the anatomical and functional changes produced by repeated deglutition, with and without ankyloglossia, from childhood to adulthood. The animated video (Blender 3D, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2024) presented herein was based on the most recent literature review of dentition, breathing, posture, and abnormal swallowing, emphasizing the importance of the potential consequences of sleep-disordered breathing. The resulting animated 3D video includes dynamic sequences of a growing child, demonstrating the anatomy and physiology of deglutition with and without ankyloglossia, and its potential consequences for the surrounding structures during growth due to untreated ankyloglossia. This visual instructional video regarding the impacts of ankyloglossia on deglutition/swallowing may help motivate early childhood diagnosis and treatment of ankyloglossia. This instrument addresses the main myofunctional aspects of normal deglutition based on the importance of free tongue motion and can be used by students or professionals training in myofunctional disorders.

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Mackers Iglesias, P.; O’connor-Reina, C.; Alcala, L.R.; Bosco, G.; Apodaca, P.M.D.; Garcia-Iriarte, M.T.; Baptista, P.; Plaza, G. Clinical Consequences of Ankyloglossia from Childhood to Adulthood. Encyclopedia. Available online: https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/1635 (accessed on 17 January 2026).
Mackers Iglesias P, O’connor-Reina C, Alcala LR, Bosco G, Apodaca PMD, Garcia-Iriarte MT, et al. Clinical Consequences of Ankyloglossia from Childhood to Adulthood. Encyclopedia. Available at: https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/1635. Accessed January 17, 2026.
Mackers Iglesias, Paula, Carlos O’connor-Reina, Laura Rodriguez Alcala, Gabriela Bosco, Paula Martínez-Ruiz De Apodaca, Maria Teresa Garcia-Iriarte, Peter Baptista, Guillermo Plaza. "Clinical Consequences of Ankyloglossia from Childhood to Adulthood" Encyclopedia, https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/1635 (accessed January 17, 2026).
Mackers Iglesias, P., O’connor-Reina, C., Alcala, L.R., Bosco, G., Apodaca, P.M.D., Garcia-Iriarte, M.T., Baptista, P., & Plaza, G. (2025, June 06). Clinical Consequences of Ankyloglossia from Childhood to Adulthood. In Encyclopedia. https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/1635
Mackers Iglesias, Paula, et al. "Clinical Consequences of Ankyloglossia from Childhood to Adulthood." Encyclopedia. Web. 06 June, 2025.
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