NEW DELHI (DPA) - Indian dentists extracted 526 teeth from the mouth of a seven-year-old boy who was complaining of jaw pain, calling it the first case documented worldwide in which such a large number of teeth was found in an individual. The hospital in the city of Chennai, which carried out scans and x-rays of the boy's mouth, found a sac embedded in his lower right jaw full of abnormal teeth, showing he was suffering from a rare case of compound odontoma. The rare surgery was conducted on July 11, but doctors needed time to examine the teeth and confirm their findings before making them public, Dr Pratibha Ramani, head of the oral and maxillofacial pathology department at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals said. "The parents had noticed the swelling when the boy was three years old, but it remained undiagnosed because the abnormal teeth embedded in the jaw were not visible," she said. "A total of 526 teeth, ranging from 0.1 millimetres to 15 millimetres were removed by our … [Read more...] about Dentists in India remove 526 teeth from boy’s mouth
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Dentist in Sumatra finds dream crushed because of disability
A number of activists in Padang, West Sumatra, protested on Tuesday the removal of a dentist from the civil servant candidate list because she has a disability. Romi Syofpa Ismael, the dentist, had served as a contract dentist at a community health center (Puskesmas) in Talunan in a remote area in South Solok regency, West Sumatra, since 2015. After a year of serving, in July 2016 she began suffering from weak lower legs following a Caesarian section she underwent to deliver her second child. She returned to the service on a wheelchair after being treated for three months. Last year, she applied to become a civil servant and proposed to fill the open post as a dentist at Talunan Puskesmas. The NGOs said she passed the written test but she could not fulfill all the requirements for the physical examination due to her disability. Icun Suheldi, the Padang chapter chairman of the Association of Indonesian People with Disability (PPID), said Romi received a letter signed by the South Solok … [Read more...] about Dentist in Sumatra finds dream crushed because of disability
Are your teeth making you look old? Here’s how to look younger
Our thoughts on teeth and ageing typically begin and end at colour. A white smile is youthful, so we bleach our teeth. But there’s a wide world of so-called anti-ageing dental interventions out there. With orthodontics and restorations, dentists can often manipulate the size, shape and arrangement of teeth to subtract years from a face.To understand how it works, imagine someone with no teeth (“edentulous” in dentist lingo) – your grandpa without his dentures. Without the support of his teeth, his mouth collapses onto itself. The lower portion of his face shrinks. Now imagine grandpa pops in his dentures. His face fills out. He doesn’t look young, but certainly less old.Grandpa is an extreme example, but this loss of support and subsequent facial “shrinkage” (what the experts call it) doesn’t occur only in the toothless, because teeth gradually change shape throughout adulthood.“The people who really connect to this idea – … [Read more...] about Are your teeth making you look old? Here’s how to look younger
Woman had tip of dental tool embedded in gum for five years
Mukdahan resident Krittika Ritthikhan, was accompanied by her husband Pol Captain Pornthawee Ritthikhan at a press conference after the 30-minute surgery. "I thank the dentists for their help to remove this tip from my gum. It is such a great relief that it is now done," she said. Faculty dean Waranuch Pitiphat said the surgery to remove the tip went well and the numbness in the patient's tongue had almost disappeared while the numbness in lower lip required a continuous treatment for six months. Krittika still required vitamins to promote the destroyed nerves, she said. The dentists said that this incident was not the first time a dental tool had been left in a patient's mouth and it could have happened because the instrument was very small. They urged people who may feel that a part of some tools has broken off and remains in their mouth after a dental procedure to quickly consult with an expert dentist at a large-sized provincial hospital which is well-equipped … [Read more...] about Woman had tip of dental tool embedded in gum for five years
BJP candidate accused of terror finds support in Bhopal
The group waited patiently at a bus stop, shielding themselves from the 40 deg C heat in the central Indian city of Bhopal. The women were dressed in saris emblazoned with the electoral symbol of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) - the lotus. Men wore caps and scarves that were similarly branded. They stood holding garlands and earthen lamps to greet Pragya Singh Thakur, the local BJP candidate passing through their neighbourhood on a motorcycle campaign tour during the ongoing parliamentary elections. A Hindu ascetic, Thakur and her party have attracted widespread opprobrium since she was named as the BJP's local choice. She is on trial as an alleged conspirator in a 2008 terrorism incident in which explosives packed onto a motorcycle killed six people and injured more than 100 in Malegaon in the western state of Maharashtra. She is currently out on bail. Even with India's despairingly low level of probity in politics - many candidates contest elections despite charges of corruption … [Read more...] about BJP candidate accused of terror finds support in Bhopal