A 26-year-old Indian woman with 38 teeth in her mouth has set a Guinness World Record. Kalpana Balan now holds the record for the highest number of teeth in a woman’s mouth, surpassing the typical number of adults by six.
According to the Guinness World Recordthe mother of one child has four extra mandibular teeth (lower jaw) and two extra maxillary teeth (upper jaw). In her teenage years, Kalpana experienced the gradual eruption of her extra teeth, which grew one by one. Although she experienced no pain, she faced problems with eating as food often became stuck between the extra teeth. When her parents discovered these extra teeth, they were surprised and recommended that she undergo an extraction.
Kalpana Balan from India has six more teeth than the average person.
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However, Kalpana’s dentist suggested waiting for the teeth to grow further as they could not be easily removed, GWR said in a press release. Ms. Balan decided to keep the teeth even after they were all fully grown because she was afraid to go through with the procedure.
After achieving this achievement, Ms Balan said: “I am so happy to have achieved the Guinness World Records title,” she said. “It’s my lifetime achievement.”
Ms Balan may be able to expand her record in the future as she has two unfilled teeth.
The male record holder for this title is Evano Mellone from Canada, he has a total of 41 teeth.
“The medical term for the presence of supernumerary teeth is hyperdontia or polydontia. Up to 3.8% of the world’s population has one or more supernumerary teeth. Hyperdontia is the result of a disturbance in the tooth formation process, although the exact cause is unknown. It is supernumerary teeth are thought to arise from an extra tooth bud developing near a regular tooth bud, or possibly from the splitting of a regular tooth bud,” reports GWR.
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