the term riga-fede disease has been used to describe chronic traumatic ulceration that occurs on the ventral surface of the tongue by natal and neonatal teeth in infants. it is important to diagnose the lesion and treat it by eliminating the source of trauma. in this case report, the neonatal tooth was extracted and after 2 weeks the lesion was resolved and the baby was feeding well.in addition...

Normal eruption of primary teeth into the oral cavity begins at about 6 months of child’s age. Teeth that erupt prematurely have occasionally been reported in the medical and dental literature and have been referred to as congenital teeth, foetal teeth, pre-deciduous teeth and dentitio praecox. The most affected teeth are lower central incisors and only 1-10% of them are supernumerary teeth. Th...

The presence of teeth at birth (natal teeth) or within a month after delivery (neonatal teeth) is a rare condition. Natal and neonatal teeth are conditions of significant importance to pediatric dentists and pediatricians. This report discusses a case in which a five-day-old infant required extraction of a mobile mandibular natal tooth to avoid the risk of aspiration and interference with feedi...

This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. A 4-day-old male baby presented with congenitally erupted two teeth on lower jaw since birth resulting in difficulty in breast feeding. Oral examination showed ulceratio...

With one exception, the English dental literature reveals no report of natal or neonatal teeth associated with anomalous development of their permanent successors. In a singular longitudinal study of 12 infants with natal mandibular incisor teeth, Gardiner reported essentially normal subsequent development, except for one infant with natal mandibular central incisors whose permanent replacement...

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 hamper...

The term Riga-Fede disease has been used to describe chronic traumatic ulceration that occurs on the ventral surface of the tongue by natal and neonatal teeth in infants. It is important to diagnose the lesion and treat it by eliminating the source of trauma. In this case report, the neonatal tooth was extracted and after 2 weeks the lesion was resolved and the baby was feeding well.In addition...

Natal and neonatal teeth represent an uncommon anomaly amongst different racial and ethnic groups. A paediatrician and a paediatric dentist should work as a team since the presence of natal tooth may lead to numerous complications. Also, diagnosis and proper treatment planning of these teeth are recommended because they may result in injury to the tongue, inadequate nutrition intake leading to ...

Various terminologies have been used in the dental and medical literature to describe teeth in the mouth of the new or recently born child. Terms such as precocious dentition or dentition praecox, foetal or congenital teeth and predeciduous dentition were used in the older literature. 1.2.3 The most widely accepted terms are natal or neonatal teeth. Massler and Savara 2 defined natal teeth as t...

INTRODUCTION Riga-Fede disease is a rare pediatric condition in which chronic lingual ulceration results from repetitive trauma. Neonatal teeth or underlying neuro-developmental disorders which include Down syndrome are described as causative factors, but to the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of both Down syndrome and natal teeth coexisting. The need for early extraction i...