Excessive crying due to erupting neonatal tooth: A case report

Authors

  • Monojit Mondal The West Bengal University of Health Sciences
  • Biswajit Biswas The West Bengal University of Health Sciences
  • Atanu Roy The West Bengal University of Health Sciences
  • Prashanth Kumar The West Bengal University of Health Sciences
  • Sayan Bose The West Bengal University of Health Sciences
  • Tanmoy Biswas The West Bengal University of Health Sciences
  • Nayan Banerji The West Bengal University of Health Sciences
  • Kriti Sundar Rana The West Bengal University of Health Sciences

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v6i4.11241

Keywords:

Tooth, Neonatal, Excessive crying

Abstract

Tooth eruption normally starts from 6 months of age. Teeth that appear at birth are called natal teeth, whereas, teeth that erupt during the first month of life are called neonatal teeth. Both are uncommon, with the ratio of natal to neonatal is 3:1. Presence of neonatal teeth may lead to complication in mother like painful bitten or bleeding nipples or it may cause complications in babies like difficulty in feeding, pain/distress due to erupting tooth, swallowing of the tooth, repeated trauma to the tip or undersurface of the tongue resulting in Riga-Fede ulceration and rarely aspiration. We are presenting a 15-day-old male baby who admitted at our hospital primarily with excessive crying and poor feeding and on a thorough physical examination revealed an erupting neonatal tooth. Other causes of excessive crying have been excluded.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v6i4.11241

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences Vol.6(4) 2015 87-88

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Author Biographies

Monojit Mondal, The West Bengal University of Health Sciences

Junior Resident , The Department of Pediatrics , Burdwan Medical College , Burdwan , India

Biswajit Biswas, The West Bengal University of Health Sciences

Asso. Prof ,The Department of Pediatrics, Burdwan Medical College , Burdwan , India

Atanu Roy, The West Bengal University of Health Sciences

Assist. Prof ,The Department of Pediatrics, Burdwan Medical College , Burdwan , India

Prashanth Kumar, The West Bengal University of Health Sciences

Junior Resident , The Department of Pediatrics , Burdwan Medical College , Burdwan , India

Sayan Bose, The West Bengal University of Health Sciences

Junior Resident , The Department of Pediatrics , Burdwan Medical College , Burdwan , India

Tanmoy Biswas, The West Bengal University of Health Sciences

Junior Resident , The Department of Pediatrics , Burdwan Medical College , Burdwan , India

Nayan Banerji, The West Bengal University of Health Sciences

Junior Resident , The Department of Pediatrics , Burdwan Medical College , Burdwan , India

Kriti Sundar Rana, The West Bengal University of Health Sciences

Junior Resident , The Department of Pediatrics , Burdwan Medical College , Burdwan , India

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Published

2014-11-29

How to Cite

Mondal, M., Biswas, B., Roy, A., Kumar, P., Bose, S., Biswas, T., Banerji, N., & Rana, K. S. (2014). Excessive crying due to erupting neonatal tooth: A case report. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 6(4), 87–88. https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v6i4.11241

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 4 (2015)

Section

Case Reports

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