A boy suffering from a rare medical
condition has had 232 teeth surgically removed – and is still left with 28 in
his mouth.
Ashik Gaval had experienced pain in
his jaw for a year-and-a-half before leaving his Indian village and seeking
treatment in the city.
The 17-year-old was admitted to JJ
Hospital in Mumbai, India, with swollen gums.
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| ndian dentists operate on seventeen year old Ashik Gavai |
But doctors there found the pain was
being caused by a complex composite odontoma and he went under the knife on
Monday.
Dr Sunanda Dhiware said:
"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"
"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."
Ashik's father Suresh Gavai said:
"I was worried that it may turn out to be cancer so I brought him to
Mumbai."
The hospital believes it is a world
record for the most of teeth ever extracted.
Ashik will have his remaining teeth
capped when he is fully recovered from the operation, although experts say
there is a chance the condition could recur.
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