Enamel mineralization is affected by genetic disorders like Down syndrome and familial dysautonomia (FD). Congenital Insensitivity to Pain with Anhidrosis (CIPA) is associated with decreased sensation and autonomic dysfunction, somehow similar to FD. In this study we examined the effect of CIPA on pre and post-natal enamel mineralization of 9 primary extracted teeth and matchpaired normal teeth...

F ollowing extraction of a natal or neonatal tooth, continued growth of the dental papilla may occur and a tooth-like form may develop.'^ This report describes an atypical tooth form (probably the result of continued growth of the retained dental papilla) that abscessed and may have caused delayed eruption of the adjacent primary lateral incisor. A 13-month-old white male presented to the autho...

The term natal tooth describes the tooth present at the time of birth. This is a rare case report of 31 weeks old premature infant with natal tooth. There is very little literature reporting about the natal or neonatal teeth in premature infants and its management. Through this article we wish to bring awareness about the presence of natal tooth and its complications in premature infants and wh...

Natal teeth are those present in the oral cavity at the child's birth. These teeth can cause ulcers on the ventral surface of the tongue, lip, and the mother's breast characterizing the Riga-Fede Disease. The treatment depends on the tooth's mobility and the risk of aspiration or swallowing; whether it is supernumerary or regular primary teeth; whether it is causing interference in breastfeedin...

Pachyonychia congenital (PC) is a rare genodermatosis affecting the nails, skin, oral mucosae, larynx, hair, and teeth. General clinical presentation includes thickening of finger and toenails, painful plantar keratoderma, hyperhidrosis, oral leukokeratosis, follicular keratosis, palmar keratoderma, cutaneous cysts, hoarseness, twisted hair and prenatal or natal teeth. Clinically, PC is d...

Tooth eruption follows a chronology corresponding to the date when the tooth erupts into the oral cavity. This date has been established in the literature and is subject to small variations depending on hereditary, endocrine and environmental features. At times, however, the chronology of tooth eruption suffers a more significant alteration in terms of onset, with the possibility that the first...

A case is presented in which an infant required extraction of 2 residual neonatal teeth. Some authors suggest routine curettage of the extraction sites of natal and neonatal teeth to prevent the development of residual teeth. In light of the rare occurrence of such residual teeth, this may represent overtreatment. Curettage at the time of extraction is recommended only in cases where the admini...