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<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Ankyloglossia is another name for tongue tie which in mild form is characterized by mucous membrane bands to complete ankyloglossia whereby the tongue is tethered to the floor of the mouth. It can affect feeding, speech, and oral hygiene as well as have mechanical/social effects. Ankyloglossia can also prevent the tongue from contacting the anterior palate.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> The study aimed to find out best possible surgical modality of frenectomy by comparing scalpel, electro-cautery and CO₂ laser in the treatment of tongue tie. This is a prospective randomized clinical trial conducted in the department of ENT, Dr. Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College, Nanded, Maharashtra. All patients were categorized in to three groups randomly as group A, group B and group C. Each group contains 18 patients and among group A, B and C, frenectomy was done by conventional scalpel technique, by bipolar cautery and CO₂ laser respectively. Then patients were assessed on post op day 1 for symptomatology and inflammatory signs, on post op day 7 for wound healing and any complications and also after 1 month post-op for scar and contracture of wound.  </p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> In our study, about 61% of population is of male child and female child were remaining 39% (ratio 1.6:1) which is matching with the previous studies. Amongst all patients most common age group is between 1-4 years of age group. Most of the patients were in Kotlow’s class III having severe ankyloglossia (3‑7 mm) followed by class I having Mild ankyloglossia (12‑16 mm).</p><p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Laser and electro-cautery treatment used for frenectomy operations provides better patient perception in terms of postoperative pain and function than that obtained by the scalpel technique.</p>

Oral benign tumors are common in the Indian subcontinent. These benign neoplastic lesions may mimic other tumors like lesions or malignant tumors of the oral cavity. Aim: The current study's goal is to investigate the demographical distribution of benign tumors of the oral cavity and to study their histopathological and site-wise distribution. Materials and method: It's a retrograde observational study of 30 patients. In the Indian subcontinent, benign tumors and tumor-like lesions are prevalent. Data is collected from the otorhinolaryngology department of a referral center and medical college in the Maharashtra state of India. Data was collected from previous histopathological reports of excision biopsies done in the Otorhinolaryngology Department. Result: papilloma is the most common benign tumor found in the present study is a retrospective observational study. This research was carried out at tertiary care referring facility and health college in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Data were collected from 30 patients from the department of otorhinolaryngology and histopathology reports of benign neoplastic lesions.