Posted on 08/01/2019 10:37:44 AM PDT by BenLurkin
A 7-year-old boy complaining of jaw pain was found to have 526 teeth inside his mouth, according to the hospital in India where he was treated.
The boy was admitted last month in the southern city of Chennai because of swelling and pain near his molars in his lower right jaw.
When doctors scanned and x-rayed his mouth, they found a sac embedded in his lower jaw filled with “abnormal teeth,”
After discovering the sac, two surgeons removed it from the boy’s mouth. Then Ramani’s team took four to five hours to empty the sac to confirm its contents and discovered the hundreds of teeth.
Ramani said the boy was suffering from a very rare condition called compound composite odontoma. She said what caused the condition is unclear, but it could be genetic or it could be due to environmental factors like radiation.
The boy actually may have had the extra teeth for some time. His parents told doctors that they had noticed swelling in his jaw when he was as young as 3, but they couldn’t do much about it because he would not stay still or allow doctors to examine him.
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That X ray does show a lot of chompers, but it doesn’t look like 526 teeth to me.
You need to look at an x-ray of his other mouth!
I’m guessing epigenetic errors during pregnancy due to nutritional and environmental problems.
Heck, I’d swear a lot of politicians have that many teeth when they smile.
Show me a guy with 526 teeth in his mouth and I’ll show you a guy who could save a lot of money by growing his own dental floss.
Does he live in Montana?
He’s moving to Montana. Soon.
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