Monday, August 23, 2010

"Pearls" in the mouth - epithelial pearls

A mother told me she saw two white dots in the baby's mouth. I have a look and found 2 pieces of "pearls" inside. Diagram taken from here for illustration purpose.

This is in fact called epithelial pearls, commonly found in the newborn.They normally disappear by 1-2 months of age and no treament is necessary.


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