小男孩的頜骨上藏著526顆牙齒

小男孩的頜骨上藏著526顆牙齒

The tooth fairy owes this kid a small fortune.

牙仙子欠這個孩子一筆不小的財產(chǎn)。

A 7-year-old from Chennai in eastern India had complained of pain and swelling in his jaw since he was 3 — but this was no normal toothache.

一名來自印度東部欽奈的7歲兒童，從3歲起就開始抱怨下巴疼痛和腫脹，但這不是正常的牙痛。

When his parents — mom Rajakumari, 33, and father Parbhu, 40 — took their increasingly distressed little boy to Saveetha Dental College earlier this month, doctors discovered something far more disturbing: 526 teeth embedded in his tiny jawbone.

本月早些時候，當他的父母——33歲的母親拉賈庫馬里(Rajakumari)和40歲的父親帕布(Parbhu)，帶著他們?nèi)找嫱纯嗟男∧泻⑷パ揽茖W院時，醫(yī)生們發(fā)現(xiàn)了一件更令人不安的事情：526顆牙齒嵌在他小小的下頜骨里。

Doctors said it took mere moments to get permission to operate from his parents — but their son Ravindran required several hours of cajoling before giving in.

醫(yī)生們說，他的父母只花了很短的時間就同意給他做手術(shù)，但他們的兒子拉文德蘭需要幾個小時的哄騙。

Five hours of exploratory surgery later, oral surgeons extracted a bloody, calcified mass from his right jaw, the Times of India reported.

據(jù)《印度時報》報道，五小時后，口腔外科醫(yī)生從他的右下頜取出一塊血淋淋的鈣化腫塊。

On Wednesday, a still-recovering Ravindran climbed into his father’s arms and smiled shyly for the assembled media cameras.

周三，仍在康復中的拉文德蘭爬上父親的懷抱，對著聚集在一起的媒體攝像機靦腆地微笑。

“No pain,” he said, touching his slightly swollen jaw.

“不疼。”他說著，摸了摸微微腫脹的下巴。

Doctors told reporters they’re unsure of what caused the growth, a condition called compound composite odontoma. They cited everything from radiation exposure from mobile towers to basic genetics as potential reasons.

醫(yī)生告訴記者，他們不確定是什么原因?qū)е铝诉@種生長，這種情況被稱為復合牙本質(zhì)瘤。他們列舉了從移動發(fā)射塔輻射到基本遺傳學的各種可能。

“The teeth were in different sizes,” said Dr. Prathibha Ramani, the operating maxillofacial pathologist. “They looked like pearls in an oyster. Even the smallest piece had a crown, root and an enamel coating like a tooth.”

“牙齒大小不一，”正在手術(shù)的頜面病理學家Prathibha Ramani博士說。“它們看起來像牡蠣里的珍珠，即使是最小的一塊也有牙冠、牙根和一層像牙齒一樣的琺瑯涂層。”

The time-lapse video above shows the assorted teeth — ranging in size from tiny kernels to adult-sized choppers — being placed in a spiral pattern against a green surgical sheet.

上面的延時視頻顯示了各種各樣的牙齒——從微小的谷粒到正常大小的牙齒——呈螺旋狀放置在一張綠色手術(shù)片上。

“Instead of breaking open the bone from the sides and leaving a large hole, we drilled into it from the top,” another doctor identified only as Senthilnathan said. “He did not require any reconstruction of the jaw.”

另一位醫(yī)生說：“我們沒有從側(cè)面切開骨頭，留下一個大洞，而是從骨頭頂部鉆進去，他不需要對下頜進行任何重建。”

In the end, docs were able to preserve all 21 of Ravindran’s normal teeth — and the surgery was performed free of charge.

最后，醫(yī)生們保留了拉文德蘭所有的21顆正常牙齒——手術(shù)是免費的。