Non-Invasive Management of Natal Tooth.

ABSTRACT

The first primary tooth erupts in the oral cavity at around 6 months of age and is one of the important milestones of oral development. But in rare cases, there may be accelerated eruption much earlier than the ideal time of eruption. Such eruption is termed as precocious eruption/ premature eruption.1 It was Massler and Savara in the year 1950, who gave a definite terminology namely natal and neonatal teeth based on the timing of eruption of these teeth. Natal teeth refers to the teeth present at the time of birth whereas neonatal teeth refers to those that erupt within the first 30 days of life.2