22 Nov 2018

Tongue-tie surgery rise 'concerning' - dentists

From Morning Report, 7:28 am on 22 November 2018

Dentists say they've noticed a big increase in hotly debated tongue-tie surgery in babies and it's worrying. A Wellington anaesthetist, Graham Sharpe, is calling for urgent action over the surgery, saying it's massively over-diagnosed and treated, particularly by midwives. Our Health Correspondent, Karen Brown, has more.