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The Scope of Tongue-tie in Norway: Its Prevalence and Consequences for Child Health

100 participantsStarted 2019-09-01

Plain-language summary

The study is a prospective multi-centre clinical follow-up study of prevalence and severity of tongue-tie in neonates in Norway. During one year around 2600 newborn infants will be examined for tongue-tie in the two participating hospitals. The infants diagnosed with a tongue tie, will be followed to assess the proportion of infants treated and the severity. Feeding outcomes will be observed up to 6 months of age.

Who can participate

Age range1 Day – 2 Weeks

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Subject must be born in a participating hospital during the study period. * Subjects that are recruited for follow-up must have a diagnose of tongue-tie as determined by the pediatrician in the hospital. * Infants with a tongue-tie that have been treated with a frenotomy and infants that have not received treatment. Exclusion Criteria: * Infants where the parents do not wish to participate in the study or where the parents do not to understand English or Norwegian.

What they're measuring

Prevalence of ankyloglossia in Norway

Timeframe: September 2019 - August 2021

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04056936

SponsorUniversity of Oslo

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2020-08-31

Contact for this trial

Rønnaug Solberg, MD, PhD

+ 47-91843808 Ronnaug.Solberg@rr-research.no

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