Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of newborns
| Case | Age | Sex | Time of tooth appearance | Associated problems | Tongue ulceration | Medical condition associate | Classification (Hebling 1997) |
Administered with prophylactic vitamin K at birth | Treatment rendered | Tooth origin (supernumerary/ pre-erupted deciduous teeth) |
Follow-up period (months) |
| Case 1 | 29 days | F | 12 days | Mobility and difficulty in feeding | Absent | Premature birth 7.5 months |
2 | Yes | Extraction | Pre-erupted deciduous teeth |
20 months |
| Case 2 | 1½ months | M | 5 days | Mobility | Absent | None | 2 | Yes | Extraction | – | – |
| Case 3 | 1 month | F | 15 days | Mobility | Absent | None | 2 | Yes | Extraction | Pre-erupted deciduous teeth |
15 months |
| Case 4 | 1 month 5 days | M | 10 days | Difficulty in feeding | Present | None | 2 | Yes | Grinding of incisal edges of tooth | Pre-erupted deciduous teeth |
12 months |
| Case 5 | 18 days | M | Birth | Mobility and difficulty in feeding | Absent | None | 1 | No | Extraction | Pre-erupted deciduous teeth |
24 months |
| Case 6 | 7 days | F | Birth | Mobility and difficulty in feeding | Absent | None | 1 | Yes | Extraction | Pre-erupted deciduous teeth |
18 months |
| Case 7 | 25 days | M | 21 days | Mobility and difficulty in feeding | Absent | None | 2 | No | Extraction | Pre-erupted deciduous teeth |
24 months |