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200 gram (7 ounce) growth was lodged in the boy's lower right
jaw, said Senthilnathan P., a doctor at Saveetha Dental College
and Hospital, where the operation was performed.
"He had come to us complaining about a swelling in his jaw,"
Senthilnathan told Reuters, saying the boy had a history of
swelling since he was three.
"It was a benign tumor, which we removed and found that it was
embedded with hundreds of unerupted teeth," he added of the
operation last month, saying Indian doctors believed the number
of teeth was a global medical record.
A tumor with unerupted teeth is typically a genetic condition
that can also be in some cases caused by external factors such
as trauma to a tooth, the doctor said. "The boy recovered very
well and got discharged in three days," he added.
(Reporting by P. Ravikumar in CHENNAI; Writing by Neha Dasgupta;
Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)
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