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Mum Stunned As Her Baby Is Born With A Tooth

Rachel Andrews

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Mum Stunned As Her Baby Is Born With A Tooth

Featured Image Credit: SWNS

A new mum was left gobsmacked after her baby girl was born with one almost fully-formed front tooth.

Bethany Green, 18, couldn't believe her eyes when little Avery opened her mouth for the first time.

The tot was born weighing a healthy 6lb 7oz on 16th January following an uneventful pregnancy and a short four-hour labour.

However, midwives at Blackpool Victoria Hospital quickly noticed that the little one had a pearly white growing in her lower gums.

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Midwives noticed the tooth quickly after she was born. Credit: SWNS
Midwives noticed the tooth quickly after she was born. Credit: SWNS

At just four-weeks-old, Avery is now the youngest patient at the family's local dentist in Blackpool.

She is due to have her first check-up this week to allow dentists to examine the almost fully-grown milk tooth to determine the best course of action.

Most babies get their first tooth between four and seven months of age, however, a small number are born with what are known as 'natal teeth'.

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It's estimated that just one in every 2,000 babies are born with natal teeth.

Bethany, from Layton near Blackpool, said: "I didn't actually realise I was pregnant until I was six or seven months on, so it was very quick. It was just when I started showing.

"She was born with [the tooth] coming out a little bit, and now she's four weeks it's properly out. It's massive."

Bethany's little girl is the youngest patient at their local dentist. Credit: SWNS
Bethany's little girl is the youngest patient at their local dentist. Credit: SWNS
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The new mum recalled: "A midwife when she came out said she looks like she's got a tooth.

"My health visitor told me to get some advice from a dentist and they booked her in for an appointment.

"I went in and they hadn't seen it before, but had heard of it.

"They wanted me to come into an appointment where a student dentist is there as well so they can learn about it."

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Bethany is bottle-feeding her baby so the tooth isn't an issue when it comes to feeding.

And it seems like everyone is pretty shocked when they see the little girl's single gnasher.

Mum Bethany added: "Everyone comments on it [the tooth] because they've never seen it before. Everyone at work has been taking pictures of her."

Dentists often try to keep the natal teeth, but they may be removed for three different reasons.

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Professor Richard Welbury, honorary consultant in paediatric dentistry at UCLAN, explained: "In paediatric dentistry, it's quite common for us to get calls from neonatal units to say there's a child born with a tooth, but it may not be something that a general dental practice would see very often.

One in every 2,000 babies is born with natal teeth. Credit: SWNS
One in every 2,000 babies is born with natal teeth. Credit: SWNS

"There may be more than one; I have never seen more than two at a time.

"They are usually part of the normal quota of baby teeth, but in rare cases they may be extra teeth.

"We do all we can to keep them and help them to mature as normal milk teeth.

"There are three reasons why we would take them out. The first is that they would be a danger to the baby's airway.

"They may be very loose and there would be a danger that they could come loose and go into the baby's lungs.

"The second reason is they could ulcerate the underside of the baby's tongue, and the third reason would be if the mother is breastfeeding and that's painful."

Topics: Life News, Real, Parenting

Rachel Andrews
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