Introduction

One of the main objectives of the pediatric dentistry specialty is to provide oral and dental care to patient from infancy to adolescence.
Occasionally, infants are born with an early eruption of teeth in their oral cavities. When present at birth (i.e. erupted in utero), such teeth are termed natal teeth. When the eruption occurs during the first month of life, teeth are term neonatal teeth.
Both natal and neonatal teeth are anomalies with unknown etiology,
Their incidence is 1:700 to 1:3500, respectively. Natal teeth are more frequent than neonatal teeth with a ratio of approximately 3:1. Natal teeth usually occur in pairs most commonly located in the lower anterior mandible; however, the presence of supernumerary natal teeth is considered a rare condition occurring at rate of less than 10% of all reported cases (2). The majority of natal and neonatal teeth represent the early eruption of normal primary dentition.
Occasionally, natal teeth are associated with complications for both the neonate and the mother. Firstly, they may be a cause for interruptions in breast-feeding as they cause discomfort for the mother by irritating the breast. They may also cause irritation to the neonatal tongue and ulcerations of its ventral surface (known as Riga- Fédé disease) (3, 6).