Natal and neonatal teeth among cleft lip and palate infants
A 6-week-old male infant with left-sided complete cleft lip and palate presented with paired mandibular central incisor natal teeth []. The teeth erupted within 2 weeks after the birth. They were yellowish white, nonmobile, and directed obliquely toward the cleft alveolus on the left side. Gingival hyperplasia was present. Feeding difficulties pertaining to the cleft but not specific to the presence of teeth were recorded. The elder sibling who accompanied the infant had incomplete cleft lip [], but there was no history of similar natal teeth in him. There was no history of consanguineous marriage or cleft among parents. Extraction of the natal teeth along with curettage of the dental papilla was carried out during the cleft lip repair surgery.