On average a human can have only 32 teeth but the 17-year-old Nitish Kumar recently got 82 teeth removed from his jaw.
For the last five years, he suffered from complex odontoma which is a rare tumor of the jaw. This severity meant that he needs to undergo proper treatment of his jaw but unfortunately was not able to undergo proper treatment for years.
At the age of 17, he was able to get an operation in which lasted for 3 hours, and all his 82 teeth were removed, which is 50 teeth more than a common person’s teeth.
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Having been unable to get proper treatment, Nitish consulted doctors at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences in Bihar. Because of the delay in the treatment, his jaw was severely swollen and his face was distorted due to swelling under both of his ears.
In the search of proper treatment, Nitish consulted the medical facility at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences in Bihar.
The medical doctors of the institute, Dr. Manish Mandal,
said “Nitish's condition had worsened over the years due to a lack of proper
treatment.”
Thankfully, Dr. Priyankar Singh from the oral unit - along with his colleague Dr. Javed Iqbal - were able to successfully finish the complex operation.
The procedure means Nitesh is now able to move his mouth efficiently.
The X-rays showed the huge collection of teeth placed at the bottom of his mouth and doctors undertook a three-hour-long surgery to remove each excess tooth, along with the tumor.