Tongue-Tie & Palate Evaluation Procedures
Tongue-Tie & Palate Evaluation: Essential Cranial Procedures for the Chiropractic Practice
Tongue-tie (ankyloglossia) and palatal distortions can have a profound impact on cranial development, airway function, latching, speech, posture, and neurological integration—especially in infants and young children.
In this targeted online course, you’ll learn how to accurately evaluate and address tongue-tie and palate imbalances using safe, gentle, and effective cranial techniques. You’ll gain insight into how oral and cranial restrictions affect the entire body—and how to support optimal outcomes through chiropractic care.
This training empowers chiropractors to play a critical role in identifying dysfunctions early, guiding parents through care options, and offering structural corrections that often reduce the need for more invasive procedures.
What You’ll Learn
- Detailed evaluation protocols for tongue, lip, and buccal ties
- Visual and manual assessment strategies for high, narrow, or distorted palates
- Step-by-step cranial techniques to support palate expansion and normalize oral function
- How to recognize compensatory patterns affecting the jaw, cranium, and spine
- Guidance for collaboration with other birth and oral health professionals
Resources Provided
- Video class modules
- Evaluation & technique presentations
- Practical demonstrations
- Calls to action (CTAs)
- Complete PDF workbooks
- Full transcriptions of video classes
- Email access to Dr. Rosen & Dr. Watson
Why Take This Course?
- Early identification and correction of tongue-tie and palate issues can prevent long-term problems with feeding, breathing, speech, and neurological development
- Chiropractors are uniquely positioned to identify structural dysfunctions that are often overlooked in traditional screenings
- Hands-on protocols you can implement immediately to support both infants and children in your practice
Who Is This Course For?
Chiropractors who want to:
- Elevate their pediatric care with advanced cranial and oral assessment tools
- Provide non-invasive support to families navigating tethered oral tissue diagnoses
- Integrate functional cranial corrections into a neurologically-based chiropractic practice
Tongue-tie and palate distortions don’t just affect the mouth—they influence the entire cranial and spinal system. This course gives you the tools to assess and address these patterns confidently, improving outcomes for your youngest patients and their families.
Course Contents
12 Modules | 12 CTAs
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Module 01 Cranial Anatomy and Landmarks
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Module 02 Cranial Bone Motion
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Module 03 The Dural Meningeal System and CSF
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Module 04 Anatomy and Movement of the Palate
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Module 05 Evaluation of the Palate
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Module 06 Dural Meningeal Evaluation of the Palate
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Module 07 Palate Distortions and Cranial Bone Relationships
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Module 08 Corrections for Palate Distortions
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Module 09 Sphenobasilar Mechanics and Evaluation
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Module 10 Palate Corrections and Fruit Jar Techniques
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Module 11 Tongue-Tie
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Module 12 Palate Contacts for Intra-Oral Corrections and the Sphenomaxillary Suture
Meet the Instructors
As early as first quarter in chiropractic school they were attracted to each other’s commitment to chiropractic and the pursuit of excellence. Their combined 80 years of personal and clinical and teaching experience, in delivering the chiropractic adjustment is unparalleled in the chiropractic profession. Their international outreach through teaching, writing and lecturing has been a driving force in their personal and professional careers since their first seminar taught together as students, in 1979.
Their years of experience have taught them what works and what does not work to create a successful practice and lifestyle. The more competent and comprehensive your expertise you will find that more patients will seek your services and your practice will grow exponentially.
Feedback From Our Students
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Dr. Lyndsay Ritchley
It has helped me bring together other cranial classes that I have taken. The videos are short bites that are nice to review and let sink in. I enjoyed the tongue-tied portion as none of the cranial classes I took in the past included this info.
It has helped me build onto the foundation that I had. Having the certificate allows me to show people that I have taken courses and that craniosacral practitioners are not the only option for cranial work.
I recently felt an elevation on the left side of the palate that I have not previously come across. I have felt a lot of elevated or wide palates but never had one that was different from left to right, so I actually knew how to address this from the videos.
Yes, I would recommend this course, if they are good at putting it into the weekly routine.
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Tracey Dalton, DC
“My three takeaways from this program:
1. A really good overview of anatomy of the cranium.
2. Considerations for treating various issues in the cranium.
3. More info on tongue-tie for my patients.I have started to implement more cranial work into my practice and assess infants especially differently. I had a passion for tongue-ties before but it has solidified that I want to keep diving deeper to help my patients.
I applied the fruit jar techniques to an infant and that helped them instantly relax on the table and not cry the rest of the visit while mom got to also get treated!
This was very informative but I can tell that an in person seminar for me is needed to really work on the hands on. Some of it feels very intuitive and I want to get better at that.”
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Veronica Gobeil, DC
It was a great way to review all the cranial and sutures. I loved the corrections of the palate; this was new for me and felt it was a missing part in my practice. It also gives a great line of work for tongue tie evaluation.
It helped me become even more of an expert in that field with my pediatric patients. I feel more knowledgeable on everything related to sutures and cranials.
I am treating a lot of babies pre and post frenectomy. I loved the part on that subject. It was easy to incorporate it in my day-to-day practice and I have great results with palate corrections!
Yes, I would recommend this course. It is very concise and precise! It was also easy to listen to and to follow.
Thank you for the opportunity!!!
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