Jaw-dropping 526 teeth removed from child’s mouth

His doctors believed radiation from mobile phone towers was the root of the problem
Spiral of boy's teeth
Credit: Reuters.

The tooth fairy was working overtime in India recently after doctors surgically removed hundreds of teeth embedded in a young boy’s jaw.

Swelling in the seven-year-old’s right cheek prompted his parents to take him to the Saveetha Dental College, in Chennai, where an X-ray and CT revealed the dental anomaly.