Newborn green or tan teeth

Introduction Neonatal enamel hypoplasia has green teeth or brown teeth, this symptom appears in the sequela of neonatal bilirubin encephalopathy.

Cause

Due to enamel dysplasia.

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The sequelae usually occurs from 2 months to 3 years after birth. The hand and foot are moving, the eyeball is difficult to turn or strabismus, hearing disorder, enamel hypoplasia has green teeth or brown teeth, and the vertebral system is mainly damaged. The so-called quadruple syndrome. In the 835 cases of hemolytic disease in Shanghai, 48 cases of bilirubin encephalopathy were found to be mentally retarded, with convulsions or convulsions, fatigue, and salivation.

Differential diagnosis

Differential diagnosis with the condition of neonatal teeth:

The teeth are fleshy and some are also bone. Medically called early teeth or birth teeth. These types of teeth do not have a chewing function and generally fall off on their own. Because the teeth are too early, the roots are often not well developed, lacking the support of the alveolar bone, the teeth are often loose and easy to fall off.

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