Natal teeth in cleft lip and palate patients: a scanning electron microscopy study.
Natal and neonatal teeth may occur in patients up to 30-days after birth. The presence of two neonatal teeth in cleft lip and palate patients is reported in this study describing the structural aspects of the enamel and the dentin, using scanning electron microscopy.
Motoyama
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Hospital de Cirurgia Plástica Crânio-Facial e Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisae Assistência para Reabilitação Crânio-Facial (SOBRAPAR), Campinas, SP, Brasil.
Lopes
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Watanabe
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D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000150:complications*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009306:Natal Teeth / Q000648:ultrastructure*