To clarify the awareness and subjective symptoms of the disorder in preoperative ankyloglossia, patients were evaluated using a questionnaire survey. The following results were obtained.
1. Disorders in swallowing and mastication were recognized in about 33.3% of the moderate cases. Oral functional disorders were checked in about 83.4% of the moderate cases, which was significantly frequent compared with the slight cases.
2. Speech disorders were observed most frequently as subjective symptoms, and uptake disorders were observed in some cases.
