Doctors find 526 teeth in boy’s mouth in India

New Delhi CNN — 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. When doctors scanned and x-rayed his mouth, they found a sac embedded in his lower jaw filled with “abnormal teeth,” Dr. Prathiba Ramani, the head of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology at Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, told CNN. Saveetha Dental College and Hospital While the surgery to remove the teeth took place last month, doctors needed time to individually examine each tooth before they could confirm their findings. Saveetha Dental College and Hospital Dr. P. Senthilnathan, head of the hospital’s Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department and one of two surgeons who operated on the boy, detailed the procedure to CNN. “You can see people in cities have better awareness but people who are in rural areas are not as educated or able to afford good dental health.” In Ravindrath’s case, all has turned out well; the boy now has a healthy count of 21 teeth, Dr. Senthilnathan said.