August 6, 2024DiagnosticsOpen Access

Assessment and Management of Maxillary Labial Frenum—A Scoping Review

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Maxillary labial frenum displays wide morphological variation across age groups, with abnormal attachment prevalence declining naturally over time.
Synthesis of 52 peer-reviewed articles across five databases indicates that lasers provide the most advantageous frenectomy modality for patients.
Highlights a critical need for standardized differential diagnosis guidelines, which may prevent unnecessary surgical frenectomy procedures.

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Scoping review finds dynamic morphological variation in the maxillary labial frenum across ages, highlighting the need for standardized diagnostic guidelines to prevent unnecessary surgery.

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Kinney et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e5d358b6db643587569e7f https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics14161710

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Scoping review finds dynamic morphological variation in the maxillary labial frenum across ages, highlighting the need for standardized diagnostic guidelines to prevent unnecessary surgery.

Assessment and Management of Maxillary Labial Frenum—A Scoping Review

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Assessment and Management of Maxillary Labial Frenum—A Scoping Review

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