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Erupted teeth in the newborn

Meon R 1 , Woon KC 2

Affiliations 

  • 1 Rusmah bte Meon, BDS, MSc.D. Lecturer, Department of Children's Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 KC Woon, BDS, MSD, Cert Orthod. Lecturer, Department of Children's Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Med J Malaysia, 1982 Dec;37(4):306-7.
PMID: 7167080

Abstract

Incidence, aetiology, morphology, histology and symptoms of natal or neonatal teeth are presented. The commonly used terminology natal and neonatal teeth is adopted in this article. A case of an 8-week old girl with natal tooth and sublingual ulceration of the tip of the tongue is described.

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