Doctors remove 232 TEETH from boy's MOUTH

India doctors remove 232 teeth from boy's mouth. Ashvik Gavai, a 17-year-boy was admitted to Mumbai's JJ Hospital's dental department with a swelling in his jaw.

According to a BBC report, the boy had been suffering for 18 months and would travel from his village to the city for treatment. Doctors described his 'very rare' condition as a 'world record'. The doctors at the hospital performed a record-breaking seven-hour surgery and removed 232 teeth from the boy's mouth.

Dr. Sunanda Dhiware said: 'Ashik's malaise was diagnosed as a complex composite odontoma where a single gum forms lots of teeth. It's a sort of benign tumor.' The doctors used the basic chisel and hammer to take the tumor out. 'Once we opened it, little pearl-like teeth started coming out, one by one,' said the doctors.