RIGA-FEDES SYNDROME - NATAL OR NEONATAL TEETH ASSOCIATED WITH TONGUE ULCERATION - CASE-REPORT

A case of natal teeth associated with traumatic ulceration to the vent ral surface of the tongue (Riga-Fedes syndrome) in a four week old boy is presented. On radiographic examination, two teeth, present at birt h, were found to be early erupted deciduous lower central incisors. A family history of natal teeth, all involving both lower deciduous cent ral 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 Stomahe sive Wafer. Four months later the only sign of any previous pathosis w as a fibrous scar on the ventral surface of the tongue.