In India, a 17-year-old patient with tumors in his mouth had 82 teeth removed. In fact, fragments of tooth embryos that had developed into tumors.
- Odontoma generally affects people under the age of 20.
- No patient would have been affected by such a serious case in France.
- There would be one case per year worldwide.
We normally have 32 teeth as adults, but an Indian had 82 removed! In fact, they were embryos of teeth, present in two tumors located on the sides of his jaws. Called odontoma, they usually develop in the upper jaw bone. The tumor is a “cellular swelling formed by a collection of debris from teeth that are not well formed or are broken, in a small pocket of skin“, according to the explanations of the dentist Patrick Solera in an interview with West France. “This type of tumor, harmless if treated quickly, can become very serious“, he continues. If it is not removed, it swells and can become infected. Eventually, the jaw bone can be affected by the infection.
A tumor formed for five years
In the case of this teenager, aged 17, the tumors started to form five years ago. According to an article by the Indian media news18, the lack of treatment explains why his case deteriorated. “He went from hospital to hospital in the hope of getting help.”, explains the journalist. “At this age, it’s quite surprising that he came out of it unscathed.comments the dentist Patrick Solera in West France. This bag could have become seriously infected and cause irreversible damageThe teenager was eventually taken to Patna’s Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences. The doctors who received him carried out several tests to determine the severity of the tumor. According to Dr. Priyanka, who operated on him, the tumor may be due to an injury to the jaw or a disorder in the process of tooth and jaw formation, linked to genetic reasons It took three hours of operation to remove the two tumors from his mouth.Then, the surgeons noted the presence of the 82 teeth.
Previous cases in India
In 2019, a seven-year-old Indian man underwent surgery for similar reasons. Following a benign tumor, he had 526 teeth removed, located in a growth on his jaw. After five hours of operation, the surgeons managed to remove all these pieces of teeth, which weighed a total of 200 grams. Five years earlier, another child had undergone an operation to remove 232 embryos from teeth.
Doctors extract 526 teeth from Indian boy https://t.co/1dMxoNzcrk pic.twitter.com/GFcWFidUD7
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 2, 2019
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