Doctors in India removed 526 teeth from a seven-year-old boy's mouth after he developed a rare condition.

The boy, called Ravindran, had been complaining of swelling on the right side of his lower jaw since the age of three.

Medical investigation by surgeons revealed the presence of a large growth containing multiple hard structures within the jaw.

Doctors said this was a unique medical case and a first-of-its-kind. The rare lesion with teeth has been confirmed as a "compound composite odontoma". The five-hour procedure was carried out by surgeons at Chennai's Saveetha Dental College and Hospital. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a sack inside it," said Dr Senthilnathan, who led the operation.



He added: "The sack, weighing about 200g, was carefully removed." Dr Pratibha Ramani, who was involved in the procedure, told The Times of India: "The teeth were in different sizes that varied between 0.1 mm to 15mm. "They looked like pearls in an oyster. Even the smallest piece had a crown, root and an enamel coating like a tooth." The boy's father, named only as Parbhu, said his son's jaw started to swell when he was three.

But he claimed his son "could not sit still" for tests at a local hospital, prompting them to leave and not return.

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Posted: at 3-08-2019 08:49 AM (4 years ago) | Addicted Hero

And how did this boy manage to eat anything at all?

Posted: at 30-05-2022 10:28 AM (1 year ago) | Newbie

Given how our ecology is deteriorating, it is not surprising that more and more mutations are emerging. I hope everything is fine with the boy after the operation because there is a great risk of jaw damage. I have read about several cases where children were born with an excess of bones or other complications.
Although probably some people even envied this boy, lol. I installed implants for myself a couple of years ago https://thehealthysmile.net/dental-services/implant-dentistry-bay-village-ohio/. Now prices for medical services have risen, so it's scary to imagine how much money they give for treatment.
Sometimes it's interesting if you eat soft food all your life, will your teeth stop spoiling?

Posted: at 30-05-2022 10:29 AM (1 year ago) | Newbie

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