As the surgeons started to remove this 17-year-old's extra teeth, they were shocked to find 232 of them!
Record: Doctors Remove 232 Teeth From 17 Year Old Indian's Mouth
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Bizarre
On 22nd August 2016
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Ashok Garai, a 17-year-old teenager from India had been suffering for 18 months from strong pain in his lower jaw. The doctors in the surrounding area of his remote village didn't know what could be causing it. When the right side of the boy's face swelled more and more, his father eventually brought him to a hospital in Mumbai.
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When the doctors in Mumbai examined his jaw, they were completely amazed: Inside Ashik's mouth were 232 teeth! This discovery led to an extraction lasting seven hours. The boy had been suffering from a condition called complex odontoma, a type of non-malignant tumor made up of hard substances such as tooth enamel and dentine.
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Lead surgeon Vandana Thorawade said she had "not seen anything like this before in my 30-year career." She put the case further into perspective, "According to medical literature available on the condition, it is known to affect the upper jaw and a maximum of 37 teeth have been extracted from the tumour in the past. But in Ashik's case, the tumour was found deep in the lower jaw and it had hundreds of teeth."
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In the meantime, Ashik has recovered from the ordeal and can now smile pain free: with only 28 teeth.
