Rauk Family Dentistry

02/23/2025

02/21/2025

Congratulations Dr. Tom Tardif - Physical Therapy & Sports Performance on winning first 🥇place for his scientific research poster presentation at the American Equilibration Society’s 70th annual scientific session during the Chicago Midwinter Dental Meeting!

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01/04/2024

Thank you Sierra Wiegman for your kind review. We love helping these families!

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Let's start with the receptionist, she was so pleasant from the first phone conversation I had with her. She asked me multiple questions and vise versa. We scheduled an appointment and hung up.. 3 minutes later I remembered something else and called back. I apologized that I was calling again but she was happy to (answer) all my questions. When we arrived for our appointment she had a smile on her face as I started to fill out paperwork my baby exploded out her diaper and on her clothes. She didn't hesitate but to get up and provide me a place to change her and feed her. Then we were greeted by Shannon with a smile on her face. She brought us back started asking questions until Dr. Rauk came in. I never felt rushed, all of my questions were answered. Not short answers either. She took time to explain everything in detail, she even shared personal experiences. I was relieved I wasn't crazy! Something was wrong and she was willing to help us. I already feel like feeds are feeling better! She truly has the BEST team. I cant thank you enough Dr. Rauk! I would recommend her to anyone.

12/20/2023

The New York Times recently published an article "The Booming Business of Tongue-Tie"

This blog post by Dr. Richard Baxter is in response to it. I have been doing frenectomy procedures on infants, children and adults since 2018. I began not knowing that it would soon become a significant part of my practice. Now, I can not imagine
NOT doing this life changing work we do with these families.

A recent New York Times (NYT) article accused all tongue-tie providers of over-treatment, harming babies, taking advantage of vulnerable moms and babies, and, of course, doing it purely for financial gain. Tongue-tie naysayers jump on the article and share it - “See! I told you so!” and, in so d...

12/12/2023

Thank you Sara for your trust and this kind review. It is such a privilege to care for these families.

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Dr. Rauk is amazing. I really wish I would have known more about tongue and lip ties 12 years ago with my first kid. I learned about lip ties when my four year old had cavities on his front teeth because we couldn’t get his lip up to brush so his dentist fixed his undiagnosed lip tie. So I met Dr. Rauk with baby number three at almost 3 months old when I was in so much pain I pretty much gave up breastfeeding but then my baby was rejecting bottles and would get so frustrated I knew that I had to do something and a friend recommended Dr. Kim Rauk. When I first met her she described all three of my breastfeeding experiences exactly. Breastfeeding was painful and looked so unnatural for me, I kept blaming myself and it was my fault that I wasn’t making enough milk. She looked at my baby and said he has a bad lip and tongue tie. I said that when he was born, but people kept saying no he looks fine, he eats, he is gaining weight so it isn’t a problem. The next morning after his revision he nursed and I had no pain. I was able to nurse him for 10 months and learned it wasn’t me.

I took all the information that I learned from Dr. Rauk and I now use it when I see moms as a lactation counselor. Now with baby number 4 I spotted the lip and tongue tie right away and again had terrible pain and blisters and bleeding. Dr. Rauk saw my baby at 1 week old did the revision and I noticed improvement by the next feeding and by 2 weeks all my symptoms were resolved and my baby was happier and breastfeeding looks more “natural!”
Thanks again Dr. Rauk and wonderful assistants.
—Sara Hoffman

11/04/2023

💙Thank you Kendra for your kind review. 💙
It is the stories like yours that fuel our passion for doing this life-changing work!

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We cannot recommend Dr. Rauk and her staff enough!

My son had his tongue and lip tie corrected at 2 years old.

As an infant, my son had troubles latching. He was seen by our p*p, who is a well respected pediatrician - and a tongue or lip tie was not detected. (They also check for this at birth) At 3 months old, we again brought him in to Lactation for suspected tongue tie. He would pull away while nursing and was very colicky, as well as had many ear infections (ear infections can result if not swallowing correctly and fluid not draining correctly). It was chalked up to teething at 3 months old, and no tongue or lip tie was detected yet again. He received tubes due to his ear infections - which have helped greatly, but would have preferred to try alternative routes first. We didn’t think twice when we were told he doesn’t have a tongue or lip tie by a lactation consultant. After my supply tanking and struggling to breastfeed for a year, we had no choice but to supplement with formula. (Totally ok just not my first preference)

At a routine visit, our Chiropractor noticed he had a tongue and lip tie. She referred us to Dr. Rauk and a week later, he had the procedure which went smoothly. I will say, it is not ideal for a 2 year old to have this procedure because of the aftercare stretches. It would have been much easier when he was an infant, BUT it wasn’t caught when it should have been. If not corrected, it may cause speech issues, picky eating and a range of symptoms. Frustrated that it wasn’t caught in infancy but at the same time so grateful for Dr. Rauk and her team who are so knowledgeable and understanding! While we love our doctors and trust them with many things, we learned that there are very few people in the area who are trained in tongue and lip ties, or don’t believe in them at all.

Now, our son’s speech has improved drastically and he can move his tongue the correct way! I advise any moms with newborns (or even toddlers) who are struggling (the signs may not even be super evident), to see Dr. Rauk. —Kendra Fearing

07/30/2023

25th Annual Kois Symposium

Training with the best of the best. There is not a group that comes close to the caliber of this tribe of smart, highly skilled, passionate dentists in the world. 3 days of reviewing the latest research, hearing from top clinicians and learning from the amazing and humble Dr. John Kois.

06/08/2023

Thank you Molly E. Ruegemer for this kind review!

05/23/2023

Going to, and graduating from the Kois Center five years ago is the single best thing I have done for my patients and myself as a dentist. Don’t hesitate, just do!

05/18/2023

05/03/2023

5 years ago we started treating infants for tongue and lip tie on Wednesday afternoons.

NEVER EVER did I think I would be doing LightScalpel CO2 laser surgery on infants.

After seeing over 400 infants/children for this lifechanging procedure, I can confidently say we are EXPERTS at providing this service in our region.

Thank you to all of the families that have trusted us to care for your children.

To our healthcare partners in primary care, pediatrics, nursing, dentistry, midwifery, lactation, chiropractic, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech, cranial sacral therapy, doulas, sleep medicine , ear/nose and throat, orthodontics and oral surgery, thank you for your referrals and confidence in us to provide only the very best care for our mutual patients.

Our first day helping struggling moms and babies with laser tongue and lip tie revision! Mommas you do not have to suffer like I did! Call us, so we can help you get the help you need!