A 7-year-old from India complained of pain and swelling in his jaw since he 3 — but this was no normal toothache. Surgeons removed 526 teeth that were embedded in his tiny jawbone.

A 7-year-old boy in India had a dental experience like no other when he had over 500 teeth removed from his jaw.

Teeth develop when embryonic epithelial cells in the mouth combine with mesenchymal cells derived from the neural crest. Previous studies have shown that these cells can be combined in the lab to ...