A newborn in Ho surprised her parents and her doctors when they saw that the infant was born with a tiny tooth, according to news reports.
The tooth was wobbly, so when little Akorfa was just a days old, her mother took her to a dentist, who put numbing cream on the baby’s gum and promptly pulled the tooth out, says the report.
While little Akorfa’s case is rare, the condition, known as a natal tooth, isn’t unheard of, said Dr. Homa Amini, a professor of clinical pediatric dentistry at The University College of Dentistry, who wasn’t involved with Akorfa’s case.
A natal tooth is simply a baby tooth that erupts “very early,”. But the phenomenon is a bit of a mystery to doctors. “It’s really not known why it erupts that early,” said the Doctor.
According to research, Natal teeth happen in only about 1 in 2,500 births also a pediatric dentist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
In about 15 percent of cases, the baby’s parents, siblings or close relatives also had a natal tooth, indicating that genetics plays a role, according to a 2012 review on natal teeth in the Indian Journal of Dentistry.
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