A teenager from Bihar, suffering from a rare tumor, had to undergo a 3-hour operation to remove extra 82 teeth from his mouth. Nitish Kumar, 17, had been suffering from Complex Odontoma, a rare tumor of the jaw for the past five years. After examination, we diagnosed that he had Complex Odontoma, a rare jaw tumor," Dr Priyankar Singh, IGIMS Patna told ANI. "During operation, we found that parts of teeth were accumulated in the back of the jaw that could develop 82 teeth. Surgery was done for the tumor spread in both the jaws, in which a set of 82 teeth was removed.

Source: dna July 14, 2021 16:41 UTC