Teeth Present At Birth

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2019-09-22

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DSP, EVC, AMER1, EVC2, BCL11B, IFT122, MKS1, INTU, C2CD3, SPECC1L, CILK1, POLR3A, ZMPSTE24, PTH1R, NEK1, LMNA, KRT17, JUP, GLI3, FLNA, FGFR2, CEP120

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Natal teeth are teeth present at birth and neonatal teeth are teeth that erupt within a month after delivery. Sibert and Porteous (1974) observed natal teeth in 6 members of a kindred. Limrick (1893) first observed natal teeth in a mother, her son and her sister's daughter.

Bodenhoff and Gorlin (1963) reported a frequency of about 1 in 3,000 live births for natal teeth. Alaluusua et al. (2002) reported a prevalence of 1 in 1,000 for natal and neonatal teeth in Finland. Ribnik and Hoyme (1989) found an increased frequency of natal teeth in native Americans, particularly in those of Athabascan origin.

Alaluusua et al. (2002) found no association between median levels of environmental toxicants in breast milk and early tooth eruption.

Natal teeth occur with Ellis-van Creveld syndrome (225500), pachyonychia congenita (see 167200), and Hallermann-Streiff syndrome (234100).

King Louis XIV of France was born with teeth, 'a considerable vexation to his wet-nurses' (McKusick, 1955). According to Bodenhoff and Gorlin (1963), the illustrious company also includes Richard III, Zoroaster, Hannibal, Mirabeau, Richelieu, Mazarin, and Broca.