Question

describe the features of the pre-dental period and the various developmental abnormalities that may be seen in this period

Answer 1

Pre-dental period is the time from birth to the eruption of first deciduous teeth in oral cavity

Various developmental abnormalities observed in this period are

Retrognathic mandible

Open bite of gum pad

Congenital epulis- soft tissue tumor occurs on gum pads

Epstein pearls or bohn's nodules- small superficial keratin filled cysts found on the alveolar mucosa

Rega fede disease- ulceration on the ventral surface of tongue caused by sharp edges of teeth in infants