Strange story: Doctor pulled out 526 teeth from 7-year-old boy's mouth
The mouth of Indian boy P. Ravindran is like a bag full of teeth. It took surgeons 5 hours to extract 526 teeth from P. Ravindran's mouth.
P. Ravindran was brought to the Dental Hospital in Chennai by his parents on July 11 with mouth pain and swelling on the lower right jaw. X-rays and CT scans revealed that the boy's mouth looked like a bag full of teeth.
The doctor said that the boy's condition was in the early stages and had not yet affected much of the teeth and surrounding tissues. This allowed the doctors to perform the simple, conventional method of anesthesia followed by tooth extraction surgery without the need for jaw reconstruction. The surgery was completely free.
"The teeth were of different sizes, around 0.115 mm," said Dr P.Senthilnathan, from the hospital's Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
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Ranvindran (red shirt) after surgery to remove 526 teeth.Image:Foxnews |
Dr Pratibha Ramani, Head of the Department of Dentistry at Saveetha Hospital, said the cause of the baby's multiple teeth is not yet known, but it could be genetic. "The living environment also plays a part. We are studying whether radiation from mobile phones is a factor leading to this condition," said Dr Pratibha Ramani.
P. Ravindran's other teeth are still developing normally, but his molars are permanently affected. The family has asked the doctor to implant molars when the boy turns 16.