Doctors extract 232 teeth from tumour in Indian boy's mouth

Seven-hour operation in Mumbai removes hundreds of teeth from painful swelling in record-breaking case

Dentists display teeth removed after operating on seventeen year old Ashik Gavai at JJ Hospital in Mumbai
(Image credit: STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images)

Doctors have extracted 232 teeth from the mouth of a 17-year old boy in Mumbai, in what they believe to be a world record, the India Times reports.

Ashik Gavai was brought into hospital in the city with a painful swelling in his mouth after local doctors failed to diagnose the cause.

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