Question

What are natal teeth?

How do they impact breastfeeding?

What are Epstein’s Pearls?

How do they impact breastfeeding?

What does an oral cyst look like?

How does one impact breastfeeding?

What is a mucocele?

How does it impact breastfeeding?

Answer 1

1. Natal teeth:-  
- teeth that are present above the gumline (have already erupted) at birth.
- teeth that are already present at birth.

2. Impact of natal teeth on breastfeeding:-
- these teeth might interfere with breastfeeding.
- If these are loose and mobile,might be swallowed or aspirated during nursing.
- these may cause discomfort during suckling.
- may cause injury to the infant's tongue and to the mother.

3. Epstein pearls:-
- These are small white/yellow cystic vesicles seen in the median palatal raphe of the mouth of newborn infants.
- typically present on the palate and are filled with fluid.
- Developed due to entrapped epithelium during palatal fusion.

4. Impact of Epstein pearls on breastfeeding:-
- they are benign cysts and usually do not require treatment and will disappear on their own after a few weeks.
- the friction of breastfeeding can break down the cysts may dissolve them.

5. Oral cyst look like a mucocele.
- it is a thin, fluid-filled sac inside mouth also called a mucous cyst.
- oral cyst is harmless and painless and give rise to feeling of bumps.

6. Oral cyst may interefere with breastfeeding.
- these may be ruptured or destryoed.

7. Mucocele:-
-it is a common, mucus-containing cystic lesion of the minor salivary glands in the oral cavity.
- thess are benign lesions developed as a result of retention of mucous material from minor salivary glands.

8. Impact of mucocele on breastfeeding:-
- Mucocele rarely interfere with breastfeeding and compromise the respiratory function.