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Does teething cause down syndrome?
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No: Down syndrome is a genetic problem and has nothing to do with teething.
Answered 4/25/2016
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No: No. They are not even related to each other. Down syndrome is a genetic disorder. Teething is the normal physiological process by which an infant's baby teeth first appear by emerging through the gums.
Answered 4/25/2016
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Not at all: Down syndrome is a genetic disorder, you can only be born with it, teething has nothing to do with it , your baby is safe.
Answered 4/25/2016
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No: Down syndrome is caused when an extra 21 chromosome is present in every cell in the body.The problem is present from the point of conception on, and is not created by any factor that goes on after that point.
Answered 7/11/2014
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