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Thursday, August 1, 2019
Indian Doctors Find 526 Teeth In Boy’s Mouth After Complaints Of Jaw Pain
https://allthatsinteresting.com/india-526-teeth
According to The Independent,
the doctors first discovered a large, hard structure that weighed
nearly half a pound in Ravindranath’s jaw. They successfully removed
this strange organic object that caused such discomfort in the boy, and
cut it open to inspect its contents.
What they found was a shocking assortment of teeth ranging from 1mm to 15mm in size. These weren’t mere fragments, either, as each tooth was complete with a “crown covered by enamel and a root-like structure.”
While pathologists at the hospital described this find as being “reminiscent of pearls in an oyster,” and Ravindranath’s parents are surely indescribably relieved their initial diagnosis was false — the photos themselves indicate just how disturbing this discovery was on its own merits.
“We opened up the jaw after administering general anesthesia and saw a
bag/sack inside it,” said P. Senthilnathan, a professor at Saveetha
Dental College. “The sack, weighing about 200 grams (seven ounces), was
carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth — small,
medium, and large.”
According to CNN, Dr. Sethilnathan and his team “drilled into the jaw from the top. We did not break the bone from the sides, meaning reconstruction surgery was not required. The sac was removed. You can think of it as a kind of balloon with small pieces inside.”
This wasn’t Ravindranath’s first hospitalization for the strange swelling in his jaw, however. His parents noticed the same thing in 2015 when he was three years old, and brought him in for a checkup. The toddler refused to cooperate at the time, and the family returned home without a diagnosis.
This latest procedure, hopefully, ended Ravindranath’s dental issues for good. Doctor’s diagnosed the problem as “compound odontome,” which is essentially a benign tumor that can occur during childhood tooth development.
Similar cases have occurred in the region as recently as 2014, when doctors in Mumbai operated on a teenager for seven hours to remove 232 teeth. For Saveetha Dental College, this was by far the first time so many teeth were found in one person’s mouth.
In terms of full and complete teeth in a single person, the Guinness World Record for the highest number of teeth held in a mouth is held by Vijay Kumar. The crowned victor, also from India, has 37 full-sized teeth in his mouth.
Ravindranath left the hospital with his 21 normal teeth intact, and a
surgery cost of $0. While the cause of this rare condition is still not
entirely clear, Dr. Pratibha Ramani, a professor at the college,
posited that genetics could be at play.
She also said that doctors are curious about the “radiation from mobile phone towers,” and how substantial a factor this could have be in nurturing the rare condition. Dr. Senthilnathan was reminded of the importance of oral health, as well as boosting access to it in rural areas.
“Earlier, things like not as many dentists, lack of education, poverty meant that there was not as much awareness,” he said. “These problems are still there. You can see people in cities have much better awareness but people who are in rural areas are not as educated or able to afford good dental health.”
As for the boy’s family, none of this is currently a concern. With mouth cancer coming back negative, a successful operation in the rearview, and a content Ravindranath resuming his regular life — this will simply be a story for future family dinners that ends in a silver lining.
“I am very happy now that my child is fine,” his father said. “I am relieved. He is eating happily and leading a normal life.”
Published August 1, 2019
Seven-year-old Ravindranath was so aggravated by the strange swelling and pain in his jaw that his parents took him to the hospital. Surely, they never could've predicted this.
Saveetha Dental CollegeThe
large, hard structure containing the hundreds of teeth can be seen at
the bottom left of this x-ray. Doctors removed it and cut it open to
find the 526 teeth.
When Ravindranath complained about an uncomfortable
swelling in his mouth, the seven-year-old’s parents immediately feared
it was mouth cancer. Fortunately, a trip to Saveetha Dental College in
Chennai, India disconfirmed that theory. But the boy did have a problem:
he had 526 teeth growing in his mouth.
What they found was a shocking assortment of teeth ranging from 1mm to 15mm in size. These weren’t mere fragments, either, as each tooth was complete with a “crown covered by enamel and a root-like structure.”
While pathologists at the hospital described this find as being “reminiscent of pearls in an oyster,” and Ravindranath’s parents are surely indescribably relieved their initial diagnosis was false — the photos themselves indicate just how disturbing this discovery was on its own merits.
Saveetha Dental CollegeRavindranath’s
parents noticed swelling on his jaw four years ago when he was three,
but his tempestuous lack of cooperation led the family to leave the
dentist without a diagnosis.
According to CNN, Dr. Sethilnathan and his team “drilled into the jaw from the top. We did not break the bone from the sides, meaning reconstruction surgery was not required. The sac was removed. You can think of it as a kind of balloon with small pieces inside.”
This wasn’t Ravindranath’s first hospitalization for the strange swelling in his jaw, however. His parents noticed the same thing in 2015 when he was three years old, and brought him in for a checkup. The toddler refused to cooperate at the time, and the family returned home without a diagnosis.
This latest procedure, hopefully, ended Ravindranath’s dental issues for good. Doctor’s diagnosed the problem as “compound odontome,” which is essentially a benign tumor that can occur during childhood tooth development.
Similar cases have occurred in the region as recently as 2014, when doctors in Mumbai operated on a teenager for seven hours to remove 232 teeth. For Saveetha Dental College, this was by far the first time so many teeth were found in one person’s mouth.
In terms of full and complete teeth in a single person, the Guinness World Record for the highest number of teeth held in a mouth is held by Vijay Kumar. The crowned victor, also from India, has 37 full-sized teeth in his mouth.
Saveetha Dental CollegeDoctors and professors at Saveetha Dental College said they’d never seen this many teeth in one person’s mouth before.
She also said that doctors are curious about the “radiation from mobile phone towers,” and how substantial a factor this could have be in nurturing the rare condition. Dr. Senthilnathan was reminded of the importance of oral health, as well as boosting access to it in rural areas.
“Earlier, things like not as many dentists, lack of education, poverty meant that there was not as much awareness,” he said. “These problems are still there. You can see people in cities have much better awareness but people who are in rural areas are not as educated or able to afford good dental health.”
As for the boy’s family, none of this is currently a concern. With mouth cancer coming back negative, a successful operation in the rearview, and a content Ravindranath resuming his regular life — this will simply be a story for future family dinners that ends in a silver lining.
“I am very happy now that my child is fine,” his father said. “I am relieved. He is eating happily and leading a normal life.”
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Bank of America cuts check for Estates couple in mistaken foreclosure case
Bank of America cuts check for Estates couple in mistaken foreclosure case - Naples Daily News
NAPLES — When Bank of America tried to foreclose on Warren and Maureen Nyerges' fully-paid, Golden Gate Estates home last year, it was a mistake.
When the couple's attorney arrived at a Bank of America branch Friday morning with deputies, a moving company and a court writ permitting him to seize furniture and cash to recoup fees in the case, it was a last alternative.
"This could have all been settled for nothing a while ago, but it got completely blown out of proportion," Warren Nyerges, 46, said on Thursday.
In a scene that turns Southwest Florida's foreclosure crisis on its head, Collier Sheriff's deputies delivered the writ to a Davis Boulevard branch of the bank on Friday morning, presenting the bank manager with two options — he could either pay the $2,500 in attorneys fees the Nyergeses were awarded in December, or the movers would begin taking furniture and cash.
An hour later, as reporters and movers waited outside, the bank agreed to cut a check.
"I don't know any other way we could've done this," Nyerges attorney Todd Allen said.
The Daily News reported on Bank of America's mistaken foreclosure attempt in 2010, as Warren Nyerges fought the case in court without an attorney.
The couple, who moved to Naples from Ohio, bought the single-story, 2,700-square-foot home from Bank of America with cash in 2009. A mortgage was never executed in the purchase, either with Bank of America or any other lender.
After he received the foreclosure complaint in 2010, Warren Nyerges fought it on the phones and in court for two months before its dismissal. He then sought the attorneys fees for his trouble, a request granted in a December judgment.
Some five months and repeated phone calls later, neither Bank of America nor its local counsel, the troubled David J. Stern law firm, had paid the judgment or responded to Nyerges. The homeowner said he even tried calling bank CEO Brian Moynihan, to no avail.
"They refused to pay," Nyerges said. "And I tried everything I could, to anyone who would listen to me."
In January they hired Allen, a foreclosure defense attorney. Yet Allen's attempts to get the money also failed to produce a response. Allen said he then sent letters to Bank of America's general counsel, warning the couple he would pursue a levy.
Allen obtained a writ of execution from the court — permission, basically, to seize assets to satisfy a judgment — and he took it to the Sheriff's Office. Warren Nyerges paid a $10,000 bond, and the Sheriff's Office hired movers.
Friday morning, two deputies entered the office and confronted the bank manager. As Allen, Maureen Nyerges and the movers waited outside, the manager called supervisors.
Shortly after 10 a.m., the movers departed and the sheriff's deputies followed. Allen was told the maanger cut a check, although he wasn't immediately told the amount.
A Bank of America spokeswoman apologized to the couple in a statement emailed on Friday afternoon.
"We apologize to Mr. Nyegres that there was a delay in receiving the funds," Christina Beyer wrote. "The original request went to an outside attorney who is no longer in business."
The Stern law firm has been withdrawing from cases across the state after falling under the scrutiny of the state Attorney General's Office for its foreclosure-related practices.
Allen said that after leaving the bank on Friday, he was contacted by the bank's new counsel, Florida Default Law Group. Allen said he won't be satisfied until he sees the check amount and it ensures it covers the judgment.
The case, meanwhile, isn't over. Allen said he'll seek for the bank to cover his own attorney fees.
"If Bank of America doesn't pay it, we'll be back doing this again," he said.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
TUESDAY, JUN 24, 2014 05:45 AM MDT
Bounkham “Bou Bou” Phonesavanh(Credit: The Phonesavanh Family)
A SWAT team blew a hole in my 2-year-old son (UPDATE)
That's right: Officers threw a flashbang grenade in my son's crib -- and left a hole in his chest. It gets worse
TOPICS: SWAT TEAM, POLICE, GRENADE, FEDS, POLICE BRUTALITY, POLICE MISCONDUCT, EDITOR'S PICKS, BABIES,WAR ON DRUGS, HOSPITALS, ACLU, POLITICS NEWS
Bounkham “Bou Bou” Phonesavanh(Credit: The Phonesavanh Family)
After our house burned down in Wisconsin a few months ago, my husband and I packed our four young kids and all our belongings into a gold minivan and drove to my sister-in-law’s place, just outside of Atlanta. On the back windshield, we pasted six stick figures: a dad, a mom, three young girls, and one baby boy.
That minivan was sitting in the front driveway of my sister-in-law’s place the night a SWAT team broke in, looking for a small amount of drugs they thought my husband’s nephew had. Some of my kids’ toys were in the front yard, but the officers claimed they had no way of knowing children might be present. Our whole family was sleeping in the same room, one bed for us, one for the girls, and a crib.
After the SWAT team broke down the door, they threw a flashbang grenade inside. It landed in my son’s crib.
Flashbang grenades were created for soldiers to use during battle. When they explode, the noise is so loud and the flash is so bright that anyone close by is temporarily blinded and deafened. It’s been three weeks since the flashbang exploded next to my sleeping baby, and he’s still covered in burns.
There’s still a hole in his chest that exposes his ribs. At least that’s what I’ve been told; I’m afraid to look.
My husband’s nephew, the one they were looking for, wasn’t there. He doesn’t even live in that house. After breaking down the door, throwing my husband to the ground, and screaming at my children, the officers – armed with M16s – filed through the house like they were playing war. They searched for drugs and never found any.
I heard my baby wailing and asked one of the officers to let me hold him. He screamed at me to sit down and shut up and blocked my view, so I couldn’t see my son. I could see a singed crib. And I could see a pool of blood. The officers yelled at me to calm down and told me my son was fine, that he’d just lost a tooth. It was only hours later when they finally let us drive to the hospital that we found out Bou Bou was in the intensive burn unit and that he’d been placed into a medically induced coma.
For the last three weeks, my husband and I have been sleeping at the hospital. We tell our son that we love him and we’ll never leave him behind. His car seat is still in the minivan, right where it’s always been, and we whisper to him that soon we’ll be taking him home with us.
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Alecia Phonesavanh is the mother of Bounkham Phonesavanh, nicknamed "Baby Bou Bou." She and her family live in Atlanta. For more information about Bou Bou, go to www.justiceforbabyboubou.com.
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