Rarely a baby is born with either a full set of teeth, or a few “prenatal teeth” and many people believe that this will hinder the breastfeeding relationship.

However, if the baby is correctly attached, the teeth oughtn’t to make contact with the nipple ,as the tongue will cover the lower teeth, preventing the baby from biting, and the upper teeth can’t do too much damage. The main problem, with upper teeth might be the scraping discomfort on newly sensitive nipples.

This can be soothed with lanolin ointment - such as Lansinoh.

Prenatal teeth usually fall out when the first “proper” childhood teeth come through, sometime around 2 years of age in most children (Although, I have heard of children not losing prenatal teeth until 5 years of age)