Table 2.

Results of oral assessments (for illustrations of the various types of lip-ties, tongue-ties, sucking blisters, palate, and two coloured tongue see the score form in supplementary figure 1)

	Sample
n	175
Lip-tie (n, %)
Minimal visible attachment (Type 1)	1 (0.5)
Attachment in attached gingiva (Type 2)	47 (26.9)
Attachment in front of anterior papilla (Type 3)	123 (70.3)
Attachment into hard palate or papilla area (Type 4)	4 (2.3)
Tongue-tie (n, %)
Attachment complete to tip tongue (Type 1)	11 (6.3)
Attachment after tip to mid-tongue (Type 2)	58 (33.1)
Attachment mid-tongue to posterior (Type 3)	100 (57.1)
Attachment not visible only palpable (Type 4)	6 (3.4)
Sucking blisters (n, %)
Yes	144 (82.3)
No	31 (17.7)
Palate (n, %)
High	137 (78.3)
Flat	38 (21.7)
Two coloured tongue (n, %)
Yes No	133 (76) 42 (24)