Abstract

SIMOES, Greice Ane Martins; MENDES, Luciene Dornas; PENIDO, Sérgio Milton Martins de Oliveira  and  PENIDO, Cláudia Valéria de Sousa Resende. A case report of a pacient with natal and neonatal tooth. Rev. Assoc. Paul. Cir. Dent. [online]. 2014, vol.68, n.4, pp. 328-330. ISSN 0004-5276.

The teeth present at the birth time are called natal teeth. The teeth that erupt within the first month of birth are called neonatal teeth. They can be supernumerary or not. Aim: the present work aims at reporting a case of a female patient, with 15 days of life, taken by her parents to the dental clinic with the complaint that the child was born with a tooth in the lower region. Case report: the clinical examination revealed the presence of two teeth in the region of the mandibular central incisors; one of them, in process of eruption and without mobility, and the other covered by gingival tissue. Conclusion: the maintenance of the natal and/or neonatal teeth is possible and advisable; when these are from an ordinary teething they don't present mobility or risks to the breast-feeding. Periodic oral examinations are indicated to follow-up the child's dental development.

Keywords : natal teeth; tooth eruption; tooth; deciduous.