nurses’ experience and role in infants with natal teeth

abstract          mothers rely on nurses for help and advice on how to feed their babies. without help,  any mothers see breastfeeding as a goal they cannot reach for themselves. so, the nurse plays a significant role in helping the mother to begin breastfeeding and to take pleasure in it; at one fell swoop, the mother provides her infant with optimum nutrition. however, nursing could be hampered when natal teeth, sometimes called fetal teeth, are present in the mouth of a baby at birth. teeth erupted in the infant’s mount during the first month of life are termed as neonatal teeth. the normal eruption of the primary teeth typically begins at 6 months of age. presence of these natal teeth is an uncommon  ondition, seen in 1 in 2000–3000 newborns.[1] various superstitions and folklore are associated with natal teeth, ranging from claims that the affected children were exceptionally favored by fate to the belief that they were doomed among races.[2]……