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sentences that state something as happening or true
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22%
4 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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It’s not entirely unheard of for teeth to grow in places other than the mouth, a condition known as ectopic teeth.
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teeth → ’ → teeth
However, a 16-year-old boy in India developed an ectopic tooth in a highly unusual place, which doctors are calling a first ever in the world in a case study of the atypical event.
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doctors → develop → event
Medical literature has previously reported several cases of extra teeth growing in the nasal cavity, under the eye, in the nostrils and in the maxillary sinus, which is located inside the cheekbone.
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which → report → cheekbone
This patient, though, had “the first and only ectopic tooth reported in the superior orbit,” according to case study co-author Dr. Meghana Tanwar, referring to the upper eye socket.
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patient → have → socket
The teen patient first experienced painless swelling on his left upper eyelid, which lasted for a few months.
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which → experience → months
He later saw two sharp, white projections poking out in the small space between his eyelid and eyebrow.
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projections → see → eyelid
While the doctors initially thought the points were a teratoma, a rare type of tumor that can include bone and tooth tissue, a CT scan revealed they were indeed part of a mature canine tooth.
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they → think → tooth
The doctors were able to surgically remove the tooth from the eyelid, and since imaging showed no other signs of additional teeth, Tanwar notes it’s unlikely the patient had any more ectopic teeth.
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patient → remove → teeth
Many people experience teeth growing “out of place,” with about 2% to 6% of people seeing their first permanent molars grow out of line in the expected rows of teeth.
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molars → experience → teeth
“This was a first not just for us but the world over,” Tanwar said of the case.
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Tanwar → say → case
“We were very surprised by it.”
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We → surprise → it
In a different patient, Tanwar had seen a tooth in the bottom of an eye socket.
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Tanwar → see → socket
It turned out to be part of a rare, benign mass consisting of normal tooth-forming tissue called an odontogenic choristoma.
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It → turn → tissue
Leaving an ectopic tooth in could cause permanent damage to surrounding teeth, formation of cysts or sinus or nasal issues, depending where the tooth is located.
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tooth → leave → cysts
Some studies suggest that ectopic teeth may grow in unusual places because of developmental disorders, physical trauma, infection or genetics.
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teeth → suggest → disorders
A previous case of a rare ectopic tooth caused a man to have difficulty breathing when doctors discovered a half-inch-long tooth growing inside his right nostril.
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tooth → cause → nostril
The 38-year-old New York man had reported to the doctor after experiencing breathing difficulties for several years, according to a New England Journal of Medicine case study detailing the olfactory anomaly.
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man → report → anomaly
In addition to a deviated septum, the patient also had bone-like growths in the nose, which doctors were able to remove via invasive intra-nasal surgery.
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doctors → have → surgery
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