Nine-year old Johncris Carl Quirante underwent oral surgery to extract about 40 extra teeth Thursday.
About 40 teeth were extracted from 9-year-old Johncris Carl Quirante.
X-ray shows 9 year-old Johncris Carl Quirante had about 300 teeth. He has hyperdontia, a rare condition of having supernumerary teeth.
CEBU - Nine-year old Johncris Carl Quirante of Barangay Looc, Dumanjug, Cebu has hyperdontia, a rare condition of having supernumerary teeth.
Quirante has around 300 teeth, 40 of which were extracted Thursday under a pyogenic granuloma treatment.
Seven more operations are needed to extract Quirante's extra teeth.
Despite his condition, Quirante manages to go to school and is now in his fourth grade. He also manages to excel in class, according to his teachers.
Quirante said he aspires to be a civil engineer someday.
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