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Search methods and selection criteria: The authors, independently and in duplication, performed searches of PubMed, Cochrane Library, Medline, Web of Science, and Embase, introducing the following keywords: tongue tie, ankyloglossia, and short lingual frenum\/frenulum, combined with malocclusion, lower face skeleton, and hyoid bone. Data collection and analysis: Relevant articles were assessed for quality according to the Cochrane guidelines and the data extracted for further analysis of the risk of bias and the evidence strength. Results: Seven articles including 1349 patients with ankyloglossia and 90 in the control group underwent the detailed analysis. The quality of the included studies was assessed as low. The strongest evidence of studies reporting the relationship of ankyloglossia with lower face abnormalities concerns the reduction in the intercanine and intermolar widths in either the maxilla or the mandible, as well as Class III occurrence. Limitations: The drawbacks of the analysed papers are mainly composition and number of participants. There is also a lack of good-quality prospective studies, particularly randomised clinical trials, in the literature. Conclusions: Although the lack of high-quality studies dictates that we must treat our results cautiously, the gathered evidence conditionally allow us to state the following: 1. ankyloglossia may be one of the factors contributing to maxillary constriction, Class III malocclusion, and mandibular incisor crowding; 2. the patient\u2019s age is relevant when it comes to frenotomy timing. 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