Relationship between preterm birth and low birth weight with delayed tooth eruption

Parahita, Calista Arin and Zuleika, Ananda Azmyi and Soesilawati, Pratiwi (2025) Relationship between preterm birth and low birth weight with delayed tooth eruption. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 26 (2). pp. 404-409. ISSN 2581-9615

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are approximately 15 million preterm births each year. Preterm births usually have low birth weight (LBW). Both of these factors can disrupt the overall development of the child and cause delayed eruption of primary teeth. This study aims to review the literature regarding differences in tooth eruption patterns or tooth growth and development in low birth weight preterm- birth infants with normal birth weight infants. This literature review discusses the identified relationship between preterm birth and low birth weight with tooth eruption patterns. In addition, there are other factors that also affect the tooth eruption pattern. Based on the results of the literature review, it is shown that preterm or low birth weight infants have a different tooth eruption pattern or growth and development of teeth than normal or normal birth weight infants. However, there are also several journals that state that there is no relationship between these two factors.