"Doctor, look at my baby, he was born with teeth!"
"Don't be afraid! This is the birth tooth of a newborn."
Recently, a new baby admitted to the neonatal ward of Weinan Maternal and Child Health Hospital found that a tooth in the jaw was sprouted during the physical examination, and the family who did not understand the situation was shocked, anxious and anxious, and the whole family was uneasy about sleeping and eating, after a patient explanation by the doctor, the family was relieved.
Under normal circumstances, the baby's teething time is about 4-6 months after birth, no more than 13 months at the latest, and a small number of babies are very anxious, but they want to "not take the usual road", and they have teeth when they are just born, which is what we want to say today.
"Birth teeth" is actually the premature eruption of deciduous teeth, occasionally single or multiple occurrences, belonging to normal deciduous teeth, but the eruption time is too early, the roots of these teeth are not firm, easy to fall, there is a risk of being inhaled into the airway to cause the baby to suffocate.
One
Why do you have teeth?
In medicine, there is no exact cause of premature eruption of deciduous teeth, which is generally related to genetic, endocrine and environmental factors, and also due to the proximity of individual tooth embryos to the oral mucosa, resulting in premature eruption.
Two
Do birth teeth need to be extracted?
If the birth teeth are easy to loosen, affecting the baby's feeding or there is a risk of shedding and causing suffocation due to accidental inhalation of the airway, it should be removed.
If the birth tooth is not easy to loosen, it should be retained, because the tooth is a normal deciduous tooth, which is likely to not grow again once extracted, and may even cause the loss of deciduous teeth. The remaining birth teeth need to be observed by parents, and if there is an abnormality, it is necessary to take the baby to the doctor in time. Birth teeth are long in the anterior area of the lower jaw, and may cause friction to the tongue ties and cause ulcers when sucking after retention, and can also scratch the mother's nipples when sucking.
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What is the difference between birth teeth and newborn teeth?
Another case of premature eruption of deciduous teeth is neonatal teeth, which refer to teeth that grow within 30 days of a baby's birth. Birth and neonatal teeth are more common in the lower front teeth.
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Birth teeth and "horse teeth"
"Horse teeth" is the baby's upper and lower alveoli grow yellow-white, rice grain-sized particles, look like teeth, in fact, by the accumulation of epithelial cells or mucus gland secretions to form, can fall off on their own, generally do not need medical treatment, do not squeeze through the horse teeth, to avoid infection. 【Popular Science】
About the Author
The author of this article is The attending physician of the Department of Neonatology of Weinan Maternal and Child Health Hospital is a member of the Communist Party of China. The writing is humorous and witty, and it is simple and simple. The business is good at the diagnosis and treatment of neonatal infectious pneumonia, neonatal sepsis, neonatal purulent meningitis, bilirubin encephalopathy, neonatal cholestasis and other diseases.
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