Six-year-old Mason Motz from Katy, Texas, was thought to be nonverbal due to his Sotos syndrome, which causes developmental delays.
Despite years of speech therapy, Mason couldn’t speak, struggled with eating, and had sleep apnea.
Everything changed when Dr. Amy Luedemann-Lazar, a dentist experienced with special needs children, examined Mason.
She discovered he was ‘tongue-tied,’ a condition called ankyloglossia, where the tongue is tethered to the mouth floor.
In April 2017, Dr. Luedemann-Lazar performed a quick …
