Teen finds relief after doctors remove 232 teeth from his mouth

[KamaAina]

http://blog.sfgate.com/sfmoms/2014/07/24/teen-finds-relief-after-doctors-remove-232-teeth-from-his-mouth/

Ashik Gavai, 17, was in pain and the right side of his jaw swollen when doctors at JJ Hospital in Mumbai diagnosed him with complex odontoma, a rare condition that occurs when a small tumor made up of tooth-like tissue grows in the mouth.

The medical team expected to find a few chunks of tooth-like pieces in the boy’s mouth but were shocked after removing 232.

This might be the record number of teeth ever removed from an odontoma patient. Medical literature indicates that the past record is 37, according to AFP.

“We operated on Monday and it took us almost seven hours,” JJ’s head of dentistry Sunanda Dhivare-Palwankar told AFP. “We thought it (would) be simple surgery but once we opened [him up] there were multiple pearl-like teeth inside the jaw bone,” she said.

Good thing he didn't need braces!

[pinboy3niner]

1. Coming soon to SyFy: Odontomanado!

[lunatica]

2. Maybe it's the rather odd perspective of the photograph

Those little teeth look too large to fit into a human skull. And that extra bone does too!

I hope the teen feels no pain after that!

[Arugula Latte]

3. GAH!!!

Stuff like this just makes me feel queasy ...