title: Riga-Fedes syndrome: natal or neonatal teeth associated with tongue ulceration. Case report.
abstract: A case of natal teeth associated with traumatic ulceration to the ventral surface of the tongue (Riga-Fedes syndrome) in a four week old boy is presented. On radiographic examination, two teeth, present at birth, were found to be early erupted deciduous lower central incisors. A family history of natal teeth, all involving both lower deciduous central incisors associated with trauma to the tongue during suckling, was elicited. The ulceration healed over a period of four weeks using an innovative conservative treatment regime, involving the use of Stomahesive Wafer. Four months later the only sign of any previous pathosis was a fibrous scar on the ventral surface of the tongue.
authors.affiliation: United Dental Hospital of Sydney.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Buchanan
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Jenkins
mesh_terms: D001458:Bandages; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000473:pathology; D005355:Fibrosis; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible; D009306:Natal Teeth / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D019226:Oral Ulcer / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D013391:Sucking Behavior; D013577:Syndrome; D014059:Tongue / Q000293:injuries*; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D014078:Tooth Eruption; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014945:Wound Healing