小男孩的颌骨上藏着526颗牙齿

小男孩的颌骨上藏着526颗牙齿

The tooth fairy owes this kid a small fortune.

牙仙子欠这个孩子一笔不小的财产。

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.

一名来自印度东部钦奈的7岁儿童，从3岁起就开始抱怨下巴疼痛和肿胀，但这不是正常的牙痛。

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.

本月早些时候，当他的父母——33岁的母亲拉贾库马里(Rajakumari)和40岁的父亲帕布(Parbhu)，带着他们日益痛苦的小男孩去牙科学院时，医生们发现了一件更令人不安的事情：526颗牙齿嵌在他小小的下颌骨里。

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.

医生们说，他的父母只花了很短的时间就同意给他做手术，但他们的儿子拉文德兰需要几个小时的哄骗。

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

据《印度时报》报道，五小时后，口腔外科医生从他的右下颌取出一块血淋淋的钙化肿块。

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

周三，仍在康复中的拉文德兰爬上父亲的怀抱，对着聚集在一起的媒体摄像机腼腆地微笑。

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

“不疼。”他说着，摸了摸微微肿胀的下巴。

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.

医生告诉记者，他们不确定是什么原因导致了这种生长，这种情况被称为复合牙本质瘤。他们列举了从移动发射塔辐射到基本遗传学的各种可能。

“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.”

“牙齿大小不一，”正在手术的颌面病理学家Prathibha Ramani博士说。“它们看起来像牡蛎里的珍珠，即使是最小的一块也有牙冠、牙根和一层像牙齿一样的珐琅涂层。”

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.

上面的延时视频显示了各种各样的牙齿——从微小的谷粒到正常大小的牙齿——呈螺旋状放置在一张绿色手术片上。

“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.”

另一位医生说：“我们没有从侧面切开骨头，留下一个大洞，而是从骨头顶部钻进去，他不需要对下颌进行任何重建。”

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，医生们保留了拉文德兰所有的21颗正常牙齿——手术是免费的。