What is horse tooth rubbing

Update Date: 2025-09-02 Source: Network

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Some babies just born or a few days after birth can see one, several to dozens of white or gray globes similar to teeth on the alveolar mucosa, the size of a grain of rice, commonly known as "horse teeth". Professional oral health service platform HEMA dentists will share this experience to let you know what horse teeth are?

What is horse tooth rubbing

First, the so-called "horse tooth" has become a keratinized epithelia in medicine. At 5-6 weeks of human embryonic development, there are a group of cells in the upper and lower parts of the body, which proliferate downward to form an upper belt and bend into a horseshoe shape according to the form of the mandibular gums.

Second: with the development of the embryo, tooth germs will be formed on the tooth plate one by one. After the tooth germs are formed, the tooth plate will break down and decompose into the tissue. Part of the broken tooth plate will be absorbed and disappear, and the unabsorbed part will keratinize into the upper skin beads, which will remain in the jaw or gingiva, and erupt soon after birth. This is what we see in horse teeth. So, popular say, horse tooth is actually the leftover material left in the process of tooth development.

Third: horse tooth is a normal physiological phenomenon, generally without any symptoms, has no effect on the growth and development of teeth and oral and maxillofacial, has no effect on physical health, and will not affect the baby's feeding. Generally, it falls off spontaneously within a few weeks after birth, and does not need any treatment.

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It is unscientific to prick the horse's teeth with a needle or with a cloth dipped in salt water or rice water, because the oral mucosa of the newborn is very delicate, the submucosal blood vessels are rich, and the whole body's resistance is very low. If you prick the horse's teeth with a needle or wipe off the horse's teeth with a cloth, it will cause mucosal damage, and it is likely that bacteria will invade from the damaged place and cause inflammation.