Riga-Fedes syndrome: natal or neonatal teeth associated with tongue ulceration. Case report

Aust Dent J. 1997 Aug;42(4):225-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1997.tb00125.x.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bandages
  • Cicatrix / pathology
  • Fibrosis
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Incisor / diagnostic imaging
  • Incisor / pathology
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Mandible
  • Natal Teeth / diagnostic imaging
  • Natal Teeth / pathology*
  • Oral Ulcer / etiology*
  • Radiography
  • Sucking Behavior
  • Syndrome
  • Tongue / injuries*
  • Tongue Diseases / etiology*
  • Tooth Eruption
  • Tooth, Deciduous / diagnostic imaging
  • Tooth, Deciduous / pathology
  • Wound Healing