An Indian Boy With 260 Teeth Just Got 232 of Them Pulled Out 17-year-old Gavai had been suffering from composite odontoma, a condition in which a benign tumor forms in the mouth, causing additional teeth to grow as well. In Gavai’s case, a molar tooth in his lower jaw had grew hundreds of smaller teeth. Gavai’s doctors at J.J. Hospital in Mumbai couldn’t initially remove the growth deep in Gawai’s jaw with normal surgical tools, so they opted for a “basic chisel and hammer” before more delicately removing teeth one-by-one. Medical literature shows that a maximum of 37 teeth have been extracted in the past. His doctors called their operation a “world record,” and are planning to submit it to #Guinness World Records. Gavai is currently recovering from his grueling surgery, and his doctors are hoping that the condition doesn’t reoccur—which it could, if a bit of tumor, even microscopic, remains. #maxillofacial #oralsurgery
Posted on: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:43:22 +0000
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