In the vast majority of cases nothing is found to be wrong with the frenum. |
In addition, etymologically refrain comes from OF frenum, bridle, another horsey reference and the opposite of rein free. |
It is of slow growth, and forms an elongated swelling on each side of the frenum, covering the teeth, and projecting the lip. |
At the age of twenty-two he married, and he then ruptured the frenum, which bled profusely and left him sore for some days. |
Frenectomy can also be performed for the lingual frenum if the tongue is attached to thigh and cannot move feeely inside the mouth. |
The lingual frenum can be located under the tongue and is a vertical band of tissue that attaches the blade of the tongue to the floor of the mouth. |