Natal and Neonatal Teeth: An Overview of the Literature

Table 1

Prevalence of neonatal and natal teeth in different populations and studies.

Authors	Prevalence	Number of children in the sample
Magitot, 1876 [2]	1 : 6000	17,578
Puech, 1876	1 : 30000	60,000
Ballantyne, 1896 [3]	1 : 6000	17,578
Massler and Savara, 1950 [4]	1 : 2000	6,000
Allwright, 1958 [5]	1 : 3408	6,817
Bodenhoff, 1959 [6]	1 : 3000	—
Wong, 1962 [7]	1 : 3000	—
Bodenhoff and Gorlin, 1963 [8]	1 : 3000	—
Mayhall, 1967 [9]	1 : 1125	90
Chow, 1980 [10]	1 : 2000 to 3500	—
Anderson, 1982 [11]	1 : 800	—
Kates et al., 1984 [12]	1 : 3667	7,155
Leung, 1986 [13]	1 : 3392	50,892
Bedi and Yan, 1990 [14]	1 : 1442	—
Rusmah, 1991 [15]	1 : 2325	9,600
To, 1991 [16]	1 : 1118	53,678
De Almeida and Gomide,; 1996 [17]	1 : 21.6	1,019
Alaluusua et al.,* 2002 [18]	1 : 1000	34,457 (1997–2000)
El Khatib et al., 2005 [19]	1 : 3400	17000 (1984 and 2001)

∗Exposed to toxin Finnish population-correlation with exposure to toxin and prevalence of neonatal teeth and natal teeth.