Natal Teeth

What to Expect at your Health Care Provider's Office

The medical history will be obtained and a physical examination performed.

Documenting natal teeth in detail may include the following questions:

• Were any other family members born with teeth? Did they later develop any problems?
• Are any other symptoms present?

Note: This finding is usually discovered by the health care provider during the initial examination of the infant, and often no further documentation is needed other than just to note that there were teeth present at birth.

The physical examination will include thorough examination of the mouth, and dental X-rays may be considered. If there are signs of any condition that can be associated with natal teeth, examination and testing for that condition will be performed.

Note: Most often natal teeth occurs as an isolated incident.