Surgeons Remove 232 Teeth From Mumbai Teen =>Surgeons in Mumbai have removed 23 teeth from the mouth of an Indian teenager in what they believe may be a world record operation, the hospital said on Thursday. Ashik Gavai, 17, sought medical help for a swelli on the right side of his lower jaw and the case referred to the citys JJ Hospital, where they fou he was suffering from a condition known as complex odontoma, head of dentistry Sunanda Dhivare Palwankar told AFP. We operated on Monday and it took us almost seven hours. We thought it may be a simple surgery but once we opened it there were multi pearl-like teeth inside the jaw bone, she said. After removing those they also found a larger marble-like structure which they struggled to shift and eventually had to chisel out and rem in fragments, she added. The youngsters father, Suresh Gavai, said that t family had been worried that Ashiks swelling wa cancerous growth. I was worried that it may turn out to be cancer I brought him to Mumbai, Gavai told the Mumb Mirror newspaper. Dhivare-Palwankar said the literature they had come across on the condition showed a maximum of 37 teeth being removed in such a procedure, whereas she and her team had counted more the 232 taken from Gavais mouth. I think it could be a world record, she said. Gavais jawbone structure was maintained during the operation so it should heal without any deformities, the surgeon added.
Posted on: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 07:55:27 +0000
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