The unidentified boy was brought to a Chennai, India, hospital by his parents because they feared a swelling of their son's jaw might have been cancer.
A 7-year-old boy in India had 526 tooth-like structures removed from his mouth, according to doctors.
Doctors at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital found 526 teeth-like structures after performing surgery on a 7-year-old boy's jaw in Chennai, India."On further evaluation by the oral pathologists, and to their utmost surprise, the bag revealed 526 tooth-like structures," the hospital said."In the pathologists’ own words, 'it was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster.
"This is the first-ever case to be documented worldwide, where so many minute teeth were found in a single individual," the hospital said."This rare lesion is termed as 'compound odontome.'", a compound odontoma is considered a developmental anomaly where tumors made of enamel and dentin are formed. Odontomas are typically detected in people by the age of 20 but can be diagnosed at any age.
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