Nurses’ experience and role in infants with natal teeth
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The above information is essential for midwifery, pediatric and postpartum nurses, so that they can deal with such a situation and guide the mothers as to how to feed their babies. Nurses can help breastfeeding mothers in such clinical situations. They can help breastfeeding to continue by providing frequent maternal–infant contact and should make feeding comfortable for the mother. Furthermore, nurses can provide information about natal tooth, nursing care, and support of best practices of breastfeeding for neonates and also provide a psychological boost to family. Nurses can refer such infants to pediatric dentist for further management.
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