[QUOTE]Doctors in India have extracted 232 teeth from the mouth of a 17-year-old boy in a seven-hour operation.
Ashik Gavai was brought in with a swelling in his right jaw, Dr Sunanda Dhiware, head of Mumbai's JJ Hospital's dental department, told the BBC.
The teenager had been suffering for 18 months and travelled to the city from his village after local doctors failed to identify the cause of the problem.
Doctors have described his condition as "very rare" and "a world record".
"Ashik's malaise was diagnosed as a complex composite odontoma where a single gum forms lots of teeth. It's a sort of benign tumour," Dr Dhiware said.
"At first, we couldn't cut it out so we had to use the basic chisel and hammer to take it out.
"Once we opened it, little pearl-like teeth started coming out, one-by-one. Initially, we were collecting them, they were really like small white pearls. But then we started to get tired. We counted 232 teeth," she added.
The surgery, conducted on Monday, involved two surgeons and two assistants. Ashik now has 28 teeth.
Describing Ashik's case as "very rare", Dr Dhiware said she had "not seen anything like this before in my 30-year career", but said she was "thrilled to get such an exciting case".[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-28437829[/url]
232 teeth. That's enough teeth to make 7 1/4 complete sets.
[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;45478957]232 teeth. That's enough teeth to make 7 1/4 complete sets.[/QUOTE]
I could make so many necklaces with that
[quote]Initially, we were collecting them, they were really like small white pearls. But then we started to get tired.[/quote]
shouldve taken a lunch break
Sounds like the doctors had a jolly good time.
[QUOTE]At first, we couldn't cut it out so we had to use the basic chisel and hammer to take it out.[/QUOTE]
[img]http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-gonk.gif[/img]
[QUOTE=Fort83;45478965]The tooth fairy is going to have a run for her money[/QUOTE]
She'll probably cheap out on the payment and say that each of them is too small for a single quarter, probably more like 3 or 4 to the quarter if she came to collect.
I had something similiar, yet far less serious happen, where a single, and perfectly formed tooth, grew beneath my gum. Dentist who took the xrays said he had never seen anything similiar and told me to get it operated out ASAP, which I did.
Not exactly 232 entire teeth though, just 232 pieces of teeth
this is the first time im intrigued
tell me more
For some reason this made my stomach turn pretty bad.
Remember kids, don't inbreed.
That kid must've been so high during that procedure.
[QUOTE=xianlee;45479194]Remember kids, don't inbreed.[/QUOTE]
Inbreeding has nothing to do with this.
I had 18 removed when I was little..
232? Fuck.
Almost as many teeth as Gary Busey
We've found Shark Boy.
Now we just need to find Lava Girl.
[QUOTE=Last or First;45479224]We've found Shark Boy.
Now we just need to find Lava Girl.[/QUOTE]
be hard put to find one in these parts, what with sex selection still rampant.
So, is this so rare that there isn't a specific name to it or is it a possible benign tumor?
Time to cash in. I used to get five bucks for every tooth so that's 1160 dollars.
[QUOTE=Gwoodman;45479249]So, is this so rare that there isn't a specific name to it or is it a possible benign tumor?[/QUOTE]
The condition is well-documented, but this is the first time so many teeth were found in a single lesion.
That sounds SO fucking painful. Glad the kid got help.
[img]http://puu.sh/aoeZT/7489c120fe.jpg[/img]
I swear, I've had a nightmare just like this many years ago.
[QUOTE=Golgo 13;45479397][img]http://puu.sh/aoeZT/7489c120fe.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
I guess no smiles for him though right?
[QUOTE=Lordgeorge16;45479410]I swear, I've had a nightmare just like this many years ago.[/QUOTE]
About teeth falling out?
[quote]"Once we opened it, little pearl-like teeth started coming out, one-by-one."[/quote]
Makes it sound like they just cut slightly into it and they just poured out. Imagine, teeth pouring out of your mouth [img]http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-ohdear.png[/img]
[QUOTE=Rocâ„¢;45479422]I guess no smiles for him though right?[/QUOTE]
He was too high to remember how to smile.
Figure out how that happened and regrow teeth?
Rate optimistic.
This reminded me of an article from a few months ago where a baby had developed a brain tumor which had grown its own teeth
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