According to Global News, Dental surgeons in India’s largest city say they
have removed 232 small “tooth-like structures” from the mouth of a teenage boy
with a rare medical condition.
They say the 17-year-old from a small village in western India had been
suffering from jaw pain and swelling for more than 18 months.
Surgeon Dr. Vandana Thoravade says Ashik Gavai suffered complex odontoma, a
rare condition in which a tumour grows under a gum and creates smaller
tooth-like growths called denticles.
He said the team of dental surgeons took seven hours to remove all the
denticles in the operation earlier this week. They were surprised at how many
they totaled when counted up and believe it may be the most ever in a case of
odontoma. The teen is said to be recovering.
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