A pediatric dentist, Dr. Osarugue Ota, says babies born with teeth or who grow teeth within 30 days of birth are normal and not related to witchcraft.

Natal teeth are different from normal teeth. They are mostly not fully developed and have weak roots. The condition doesn't require medical attention, but you may want to ask the baby’s ...

And perhaps a way to make normal teeth more, well, normal again would be not to comment on them, she suggested. “Even for myself, when people are like, ‘Oh my God, they love your gap!’” ...