Pediadontist

Do you have a child in your home ? Then the following chart may give you an idea about the teeth and their eruption status. Few terminologies i would like to introduce Natal Teeth and Neonatal Teeth - According to the definition presented by Massler and Savara (1950), taking only the time of eruption as a reference, natal teeth are those observable in the oral cavity at birth and neonatal teeth are those that erupt during the first 30 days of life.Deciduous teeth - now more commonly known as primary

Few of my friends have been asking about the different oral habits associated with children. As there is a wide array of oral habits we will discuss few in details. Today we are gonna discuss about Thumb sucking .Thumb sucking and finger sucking can more generally be termed as digital sucking .A broader category of sucking habits includes any form of non nutritive sucking that include pacifiers ,hairs etc.Thumb Sucking can be a Normal or Abnormal , Psychological or Habitual.Normal Thumb sucking habit is considered normal during the first