Indian kid gets 232 teeth removed

[Supercoolmayo]

http://news.yahoo.com/surgeons-remove-232-teeth-indian-teenager-054152378.html

Surgeons in Mumbai have removed 232 teeth from the mouth of an Indian teenager in what they believe may be a world-record operation, the hospital said Thursday.

Ashik Gavai, 17, sought medical help for a swelling on the right side of his lower jaw and the case was referred to the city's JJ Hospital, where they found 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 multiple 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 remove in fragments, she added.

The youngster's father, Suresh Gavai, said that the family had been worried that Ashik's swelling was a cancerous growth.

"I was worried that it may turn out to be cancer so I brought him to Mumbai," Gavai told the Mumbai 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 than 232 taken from Gavai's mouth.

"I think it could be a world record," she said.

Gavai's jawbone structure was maintained during the operation so it should heal without any deformities, the surgeon added.

 

[Doin2Much Williams]

Odotoma... shiit be growing all wild places.


My little cousin has a mild case of it... dude got teeth going out of his gums (not where they should be, like diagonally and vertically protruding shiits...


It seems to be hereditary because his dad and uncles (dad's brother) suffer from this form of orthodontical defect.

Spoiler

Thank the lord you have good teeth.


Cuz not everybody is born lucky.

Spoiler

You got it!!!

 

[Rawtid]

 

[Shady_Kent]

 

[Steve Piffler]

critter mouf ass dude...

 

[Rayzah]

Odotoma... shiit be growing all wild places.


My little cousin has a mild case of it... dude got teeth going out of his gums (not where they should be, like diagonally and vertically protruding shiits...


It seems to be hereditary because his dad and uncles (dad's brother) suffer from this form of orthodontical defect.

Spoiler

Thank the lord you have good teeth.


Cuz not everybody is born lucky.

Spoiler

You got it!!!

 

[Ronnie Lott]

 

[newworldafro]

 

[Malcolmxxx_23]

Just got goosbumbs

 

[GreatestLaker]

You only see weird shyt like this happening in India.

 

[Rayzah]

why....... im terrified of that....... also whats up with india and these wierd ass medical conditions, remember the octopus baby?

 

[ISO]

why....... im terrified of that....... also whats up with india and these wierd ass medical conditions, remember the octopus baby?

India is a demonic country

 

[BillCosbyAteMyHomework]

wowza, in my 8 years in the dental field I have never heard of this. I really hope I never have to see it live!

 

[Colin X]

I kinda wanna get it so I'll know what it feels like...

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

France. We come from France!