Case report

Year : 2022 | Volume : 7 | Issue : 2 | Page : 1-4

Riga Fede disease associated with a neonatal tooth

Kirti Dua1, Amina Sultan2, Akanksha Juneja 3,

1Undergraduate Dental Student, 2,3 Professor, Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

Address for Correspondence:

Akanksha Juneja

Address: Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry,Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India.

Email ID: ajuneja@jmi.ac.in

Abstract

Riga Fede disease is defined as traumatic ulcerations on the ventral surface of the tongue in infants and neonates and most commonly occurs due to natal, neonatal teeth or erupting deciduous mandibular central incisors. The occurrence of natal or neonatal teeth is also a rare occurrence. This article represents a reported case of Riga Fede disease associated with a neonatal tooth in a 10 weeks old patient and its non-invasive management.

Keywords: Natal Tooth;Neonatal Tooth;,RigaFedeDisease;Residual neonatal tooth,Supernumerary tooth

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How to Cite this article

Dua, K., Sultan, A., & Juneja, A. (2022). Riga Fede disease associated with a neonatal tooth: Case report. International Journal of Pedodontic Rehabilitation, 7(2), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.56501/intjpedorehab.v7i2.271 (Original work published September 19, 2022)

Received: 20.05.2022 Accepted: 05.07.2022 WebPublished: 10.07.2022