Affiliations: Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine and
Radiology, Rajah Muthiah Dental College and Hospital, Annamalai Nagar,
Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India
Note: [] Correspondence author: Dr. Philips Mathew, %Senior Lecturer,
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Rajah Muthiah Dental College and
Hospital, Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, 608002, India. Tel.: +91
9943066231; Fax: +91 4144224063; E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: Riga-Fede disease is a rare condition characterized by traumatic
ulceration occurring on the ventral surface of the tongue of neonates and
infants. It is most often associated with natal and neonatal teeth in newborns
but may also occur in older infants after eruption of primary lower incisors.
It is important to diagnose the lesion early and treat it by eliminating the
cause of trauma to avoid untoward complications. Here we report a case of a
thirty-three day old female baby with Riga-Fede disease associated with a natal
tooth. After extraction of the mobile natal tooth, the ulcerative lesion healed
satisfactorily in four days.
