A unique operation was carried out in the Indian city of Mumbai. Dentists removed 232 teeth from 17-year-old Ashik Hawaii, which grew in his mouth as a result of a rare disease. Dentists say this is possibly the most difficult procedure of its kind ever performed on the planet, according to the Guardian.
The young man went to the doctors with a complaint of a tumor on the right side of the lower jaw. After a thorough examination, doctors diagnosed Ashik Hawaii with a rare disease called odontoma, which was in an advanced stage. This ailment is a benign tumor of a dense consistency that forms on the teeth. Thus, more than 200 "extra" teeth, similar to pearls, appeared in the teenager's mouth.
After spending more than seven hours on their removal, the doctors found in the boy's mouth "a dense formation resembling marble." It could not be removed immediately, so the dentists crushed the rest of the tumor and excised it piece by piece. The boy's father, who brought him from the province to Mumbai, feared that his son had cancer, but the doctors reassured the Indian, saying that nothing threatened Ashik's life.
According to the dentists, they managed not to damage the structure of the patient's jaw, so that soon he will be able to return to normal life.
Now "rich" and "lucky" Ashik Hawai is recovering, the tumor was benign, and a long period of rehabilitation is not required. Now Ashik, as his doctors joke, is a direct road to the book of records - as the most "multi-tooth" person in the world.
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SPECIALIST COMMENT
Yuri Ilevsky, orthodontist dentist:
- The case of Ashik, although very rare, is not unique. Odontomas develop in about one percent of children and adolescents - during the formation of permanent teeth. These tumors are always benign and are most often a "side effect" of wisdom teeth development. That is, one tooth has already grown, but the body continues to produce new and new teeth (they, of course, are defective, irregular in shape, but "made" in the same way as normal teeth - from dentin).
This is scientifically called excessive ontogenesis. With a simple odontoma, one or two extra teeth are formed, and they are removed without problems. With complex, tiny teeth can form up to 150-200 pieces. They, of course, do not fit into the jaw and take place in the soft tissues of the gums or hide under the jaw bone. Formed something like a bag filled with small teeth. The tumor does not grow quickly - sometimes for years, and it starts to hurt only when it reaches a large size and begins to squeeze the nerves.
The tumor does not turn into a cancerous one, has nothing to do with radiation (this is just a rare defect in the development of teeth). But it is necessary to operate it, because otherwise the jaw and the face as a whole can be severely deformed, as well as inflammation and osteomyelitis (in a simple way, a non-healing fistula) can begin. After the operation, the patient fully recovers, even if the jaw is severely deformed, everything is fixable.