Ireland's specialist centre
for tongue tie care
Founded by a Consultant Paediatrician and a Chartered Physiotherapist who are both also IBCLCs, the NTTC brings together clinical expertise, lived experience, and a genuinely multidisciplinary approach to the assessment and treatment of oral fascial restriction across the lifespan.
Built by parents who needed us first
Kate and Justin founded the NTTC not from a business plan but from personal experience. Six children, a shared clinical background, and years spent understanding that tongue tie is not simply a feeding problem but a whole-body, whole-life issue.
What began in the paediatric day ward in Tipperary now serves families from across Ireland and internationally, with a team of specialist clinicians and support staff working to a single shared standard.
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Consultant Paediatrician
Justin has been treating tongue tie since 2007 and pioneered the routine use of conscious sedation for Functional Frenuloplasty in children from 12 weeks of age in Ireland. A Fellow of the American Laser Study Club and former board member of ICAP, he presents regularly at international conferences and continues to develop clinical standards in this field.
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Chartered Physiotherapist
Kate brings expertise in paediatric feeding therapy, orofacial myofunctional therapy, and craniosacral therapy. Her clinical approach integrates feeding, posture, fascial restriction, and functional rehabilitation into a coherent framework. She presents internationally alongside Justin and leads the NTTC's clinical education and professional development work.
Full profile →Release restrictions. Retrain function. Relieve tension.
Tongue tie is not resolved by surgery alone. Our model combines thorough multidisciplinary assessment with prehabilitation, the appropriate surgical release for the patient’s age and presentation, and structured physiotherapy-led rehabilitation. Lasting improvement in function requires all three, in the right sequence.
Multidisciplinary evaluation of oral structure, function, feeding, airway, and the whole patient picture before any clinical decision is made.
CO2 laser procedure tailored to the patient’s age and presentation. Infants may be treated with frenectomy. Children from 12 weeks can access Functional Frenuloplasty under conscious sedation. Adolescents and adults are treated under local anaesthetic. Precision and completeness of release matter as much as the decision to treat.
Physiotherapist-led rehabilitation to retrain movement patterns, relieve residual tension, and support the patient in achieving and sustaining optimal function over time.
Two clinic locations
Our main clinic is in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, with a Saturday outreach clinic in Naas, Co. Kildare. Families travel to us from across Ireland and from abroad.
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In a short call, we will listen carefully and let you know clearly whether an assessment at the NTTC is likely to be the right next step for you or your child.
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