[Studies on the occurrence of systemic manifestations during first eruption of teeth in children].

The aim of the study was establishing whether systemic symptoms and signs appearing in children during first eruption of teeth are connected with this process, and what is the correlation between the studied features and eruption of individual milk teeth. The study involved 55 generally healthy infants aged 3-4 months, and the observation was continued up to the age of 36 months. The study on the development of teeth was carried out in two Regional Paediatric Dental Clinics in Warsaw, at 6-week intervals in the first year of life, and at 10-week intervals in the 2nd and 3rd years. The systemic symptoms and signs were recorded by mothers, and the obtained data were stored on computer cards. The results were subjected to statistical analysis considering finally these systemic manifestations which were present in at least 25% of children. The manifestations connected with teeth eruption included: profuse salivation, biting of hard, things, restlessness, appetite loss and sleep disturbances. These symptoms were most pronounced at the time of milk incisors eruption, less evident during eruption of first molars, and were absent during eruption of second molars. Canine teeth eruption was connected particularly with restlessness and sleep disturbances. Such signs as raised body temperature, skin changes, gastrointestinal disturbances were only weakly connected with teeth eruption.