Finally, a doctor who provides a loving and caring frenectomy.
About Dr. Bethany
As a mother and dentist, Dr. Bethany found her daughter needing a frenectomy (lip/tongue tie release) and encountered heaps of frustration with the gaps of a broken medical/dental system that most doctors and dentists do not understand.
Despite the obstacles and finding an amazing collaborative care team, Dr. Bethany found the procedure to positively impact her daughter's feeding journey and development. From there, Dr. Bethany set out to create a frictionless and caring experience personalized to each family.
Dr. Bethany is the only dentist in the San Gabriel Valley area that has solely dedicated her practice to focus on infant tongue ties and supporting the families on their journey.
By retiring from general dentistry, she was able to create Tongue Ties With Love. She was selected to be a part of The Breathe Institute’s Baby Breathe Affiliate program and has shadowed many of her colleagues in chiropractics, craniosacral fascial therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and lactation specialist to better understand the holistic needs of a baby during a frenectomy.
Dr. Bethany takes her first-hand experiences to create the type of loving, caring, personalized and collaborative frenectomy experience she her and her daughter had been given.
From one mama to another, Dr. Bethany is always ready to listen and to support your goals on your feeding journey. She truly believes working with a family is an honor, and she understands each baby and family are unique.
She understands being a new parent is life changing, overwhelming, chaotic, humbling, and beautiful all at the same time. Dr. Bethany knows the difficulty of adjusting to sleep and feeding schedules and going through the process of your baby having a tongue tie can be the most stressful thing. She is happy to help you conquer it so you don’t do it alone.
She prides herself in providing clinical expertise while establishing open and transparent communication where parents have a safe space to cry, laugh, and enjoy good conversations together.
Outside of dentistry, Dr. Bethany enjoys going on new adventures with her husband and two children. Those adventures can consist of traveling and trying new foods together! She enjoys cooking and baking where she has taken multiple classes that range from learning how to make ice cream, ramen, fresh pasta, bread, sugar cookies, and more! The beach is where she feels the most grounded and relaxed, especially on the beaches in Maui. Recently, she realized espresso has been missing from her life!
Dr. Bethany is the only doctor in the San Gabriel Valley and surrounding areas that specializes in infant tongue ties and oral restrictions.
She is a part of the following organizations and certifications:
About TTWL
At TTWL, Dr. Bethany Kum takes a conservative, holistic, and collaborative care approach to frenectomies (aka lip and tongue tie releases) providing traditional and alternative methods to baby's functional oral health. You aren’t pushed into unnecessary procedures and you’ll never be rushed to make a decision.
Dr. Bethany is here to listen to your concerns and goals so together, a game plan will be created with your family and team of providers that's personalized to you and your baby's needs.
Being a Mom herself and having gone through her own tongue tie journey with her daughter, she knows how vital it is to have support, empowerment, love, and care on your feeding journey with your baby.
TTWL provides customized 1:1 care to baby & parents to make tongue tie release as calm, nurturing, and loving as possible.
Benefits of a frenectomy (tongue tie release)
After tongue tie release, babies have more range of motion of their tongue that will give the opportunity to develop a positive functional foundation for feeding. Over the course of this leads to functional health benefits like:
Breathing
Airway development
Nervous system
Posture
Alignment
Sleep
Sensory
Developmental milestones
Solid food feeding
Speech development
Oral growth and development
And so much more!
"I created TTWL to give families the type
of loving, caring, compassionate, personalized, and collaborative care that's missing in the medical and dental systems. I want to empower and instill confidence in parents with knowledge so they make the best informed decisions for their new family from a holistic, comprehensive approach."
— DR. BETHANY KUM, DDS
About the team
Dr. Bethany operates out of Twenty28 Dentistry in Altadena, CA. She and her husband, Dr. Craig Cheng, founded Twenty28 Dentistry in 2019 before Dr. Bethany decided to create Tongue Ties With Love (TWWL).
With our close-knit team, you get the same expertise and upbeat, friendly dental staff without any additional travel or costs. We are dedicated to giving every patient a comfortable, empowering dental experience. Our team work allows us every day to help every patient and family have a loving, caring, and safe experience.