Frenectomy

Not quite sure if this is the right forum but I have talked to my dentist about this a long time ago.

I have a moderate attached frenelum beneath the tongue, but I guess not so bad that they took care of it at birth. It is severe enough that I can only stick about 1 cm of  tongue out of my mouth. When I was 10 or so my dentist wanted to clip it but I guess they let me choose not to.

So now I'm 22, and I'd like to have it taken care of. I'm just curious if there is any reason not to: most importantly, might it affect my speech, and are there any other unforeseen side effects?

[Jerome Tsang, DDS]

Probably not.  If anything, it would allow you more mobility to move your tongue to eat, etc.  See if your dentist will use a soft tissue laser instead of a scalpel blade.  I haven't done one personally but I hear from other dentists that the use of a soft tissue laser is much easier and the recovery time is faster.