Frenulum tear
A tear in the frenulum labii (the midline fold connecting the upper lip to the gum), produced by forceful smothering pressure; present in approximately 30% of post-mortem smothering series (Saukko and Knight, 2015) and absent in SIDS.
A tear in the frenulum labii (the midline fold connecting the upper lip to the gum), produced by forceful smothering pressure; present in approximately 30% of post-mortem smothering series (Saukko and Knight, 2015) and absent in SIDS.
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