Surgeons uncovered a “bag-like” growth inside this boy’s lower right jaw. Within that growth, they found something surprising -- hundreds of tooth-like structures 1 to 15 millimeters in size.
A 7-year-old boy in India arrived at a dental school hospital with a swollen jaw. Days later, he left with 526 fewerSurgeons at Saveetha Dental College in Chennai uncovered a “bag-like” growth inside the boy’s lower right jaw. And within that growth, they found something that surprised even them, they say: hundreds ofHundreds of tooth-like structures were inside the growth.
“It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster,” a specialist who helped treat the boy says in a news release from Saveetha, which didn’t give the child’s name. The boy’s surgeons say the tooth-filled growth they removed was a compound odontoma. That’s a type of tumor that isn’t . Experts aren’t sure what causes it, but they think an injury, infection, or genes are a few things that might play roles.Compound odontomas tend to show up before you’re 20 years old, often growing within the upper jaw. Many don’t bring on symptoms, but some can cause swelling andThe boy in India had a large odontoma that made his lower jaw swell. It didn’t happen overnight.
News reports say his surgery went well. And videos posted online show the 7-year-old smiling in a loved one’s arms.
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