Seven-year-old boy has 526 teeth removed his jaw, doctors claim it is world's first case

As many as 526 teeth of varying sizes were extracted from right lower jaw of a seven-year-old boy in a five-hour surgery carried out by doctors of a private dental college-cum-hospital here recently. doctors say it is world's first case in which such a large number of teeth have been found and removed from a single site.

According to Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology at Saveetha Dental College and Hospital Dr Pratibha Ramani, boy was brought with a complaint of a swelling in jaw. " issue was ticed when child was three-years-old. It was igred n as he did t cooperate.. four years later, it took a lot of efforts to convince him for surgery as swelling increased," Ramani told PTI.

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"Though size varies, we call it teeth because every piece had elements of teeth (enamel and root) in it," she said, adding boy was discharged within three days after surgery.

Referring to a Mumbai case in 2014 in which 232 teeth were extracted from a teen boy's mouth, Ramani said "This is first such case in world where 526 teeth were removed from a single site - right lower jaw."

Five surgeons and seven pathologists were part of operation that was completed in five hours. According to hospital, surgery, which would have cost around Rs 75,000 to Rs one lakh, was done free of cost under a Tamil Nadu government scheme. 

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