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Doctors in India removed 526 teeth from a seven-year-old boy's mouth after he developed a rare condition, The Sun reported.

The boy, called Ravindran, had been complaining of swelling on the right side of his lower jaw since the age of three. Medical investigation by surgeons revealed the presence of a large growth containing multiple hard structures within the jaw.

Doctors said this was a unique medical case and a first-of-its-kind. The rare lesion with teeth has been confirmed as a "compound composite odontoma".

The five-hour procedure was carried out by surgeons at Chennai's Saveetha Dental College and Hospital. Dr Pratibha Ramani, who was involved in the procedure, told The Times of India: "The teeth were in different sizes that varied between 0.1 mm to 15mm.

The source reminds that in a similar case from 2014, 232 teeth were removed from the mouth of a Mumbai teen.