Surgeons Remove More Than 500 Teeth From 7-Year-Old Boy

[ElectricBlanketFire]

As someone who hates going to the dentist, fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck this.

A 7-year-old boy had long complained of having a swollen and aching jaw. Surgeons at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital in Chennai, India, operated and found 526 teeth crammed inside his mouth.

The boy had a "well-defined bag-like mass" extracted from his jaw, which weighed 7 ounces and contained hundreds of miniature teeth. Once it was removed, the medical team took five hours to meticulously search through and count all of them.

"It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," one doctor said.

The hospital statement did not release the child's name. He was discharged after three days.

Each tooth, which varied in size from 1 mm to 15 mm, displayed a crown covered by enamel and with a rootlike structure, according to the hospital's statement.

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[DanteMenethil]

He's gonna cash in with the tooth fairy

 

[Ensorcell]

That's not a boy, that's a shark!

 

[deadasdisco]

Poor little fella! :(

 

[Fitzgerald]

Isn't this just some kind of teratoma?

 

[Whitemex]

Where's lava girl?

 

[Nivash]

Isn't this just some kind of teratoma?

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Figured the same if it's forming "miniaturised" teeth in a "bag" like the article's suggesting

 

[Nerdkiller]

That's not a boy, that's a shark!

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He can be both.

 

[neon_dream]

Isn't this just some kind of teratoma?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odontoma

The article says it's an odontoma, a type of hamartoma. Hamartomas are from the tissue they grow in. So an odontoma is only teeth and grows near the teeth. A rhabdomyoma would be a mass of muscle tissue inside muscle.

Teratomas are from germ cells (eggs/sperm) and can turn into multiple things. Which is why teratomas usually have, like, teeth and hair and bone and whatnot.

 

[Temascos]

Hope the poor kid is now able to a comfortable life with that problem removed. Stuff with teeth makes me feel ill.

 

[Spaltazar]

yeah i saw something similar removed from a girls belly which was filled with hair. pretty gross stuff

 

[Deleted member 15428]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/doctors-find-526-teeth-in-boys-mouth-in-india.132530/

 

[Volimar]

Duplicate thread. Original here:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/doctors-find-526-teeth-in-boys-mouth-in-india.132530/