Considering our size, humans have relatively small teeth compared to other mammals. While this is the case, there are always exceptions. You will find some of the largest human teeth ever recorded in this list.
1) Pawan Bhawsar—Khargone, India
Pawan Bhawsar, a 20-year-old engineering student, went to Dr. Saurabh Srivastava’s clinic on Bistan Road in Khargone, complaining about the injuries he had experienced due to his large teeth.
According to the doctor, the student had acute ulcers that were recurring in the labial mucosa and may have become cancerous. The doctor examined the teeth and discovered that Pawan had large maxillary canines positioned high in the buckle vestibule.
When the doctor recommended that Pawan have an orthodontic treatment, which may have taken up to two years, he declined.
Due to this, the doctor had no way out other than to extract two teeth. The first tooth surprised everyone by measuring almost 39 mm. You should note that the average canine is just 28 to 30 mm long.
The second tooth measured 36 mm in length.
According to the doctor, it’s common for people of a large stature to have larger teeth than usual. For example, Pawan stood six feet six inches tall, and the other family members were taller than average.
The doctor measured the tooth using different techniques, and top dentists at the district hospital double-checked the results. The doctor then filed a claim to the Guinness Book of World Records.
2) Vodopija —Offenbach, Germany
Vodopija, a Croatian residing in Germany, had a tooth pulled that measured 1.46 inches, or 3.72 centimeters, from root to crown, and the Guinness World Records organization verified it. According to Guinness, it is the longest extracted tooth in history, beating the previous record-holder from India by 0.5 millimeters.
Dr. Max Lukas, a Johann Wolfgang Goethe University dentist whose office is in Offenbach, Germany, close to Frankfurt, performed the extraction.
Vodopija went to Dr. Lukas complaining of excruciating tooth pain and swelling in his upper jaw. On the X-ray, the tooth appeared to be lengthy. After much deliberation, the dentist, whose office offers all contemporary dental services, determined that there was little chance of recovery and extracted the infected elongated tooth.
I was discussing with my dentist why the dentist couldn’t fix the tooth instead of extracting it. My general dentist in Flemington explained that the upper canines are the longest, on average, of all the teeth in the human dentition.
The way a surgical tooth preservation procedure combined with a root tip resection could lead to complications, so could a conservative dental treatment.
A prior attempt at root canal preparation had failed. The dentist could also not work on the tooth because of its lengthy canal. The tooth extraction was recommended in this case due to the challenging access to the root tip, the extent of destruction on the palatal side, and the abscess.
3) Luke Boulton—Ontario, Canada
When Luke Boulton initially saw the enormous tooth his dentist had removed from his mouth, he was astounded.
He stated it was about the length of a loonie. In his two decades of practice, the dentist remarked that this was the longest tooth he had ever seen.
The tooth protracted from Luke’s mouth for some time, growing more uneven and impairing the boy’s speaking ability. After taking X-rays, the family dentist determined an adult tooth erupted behind it.
On September 17, 2019, they decided to have the dentist remove it because it didn’t appear to want to fall out on its own. At the time, Luke was eight years old. The tooth was 2.6 centimeters long.
4) Urvil Patel—India
Little did city-based dentist Jaimin Patel realize that the human tooth he had removed may set a world record when he performed surgery on a young college student, Urvil Patel, to remove a canine tooth.
As mentioned above, the average length of a human tooth is 20 mm. In this instance, Urvil’s tooth was way larger than that. Urvil Patel went into the clinic complaining of aesthetic and cosmetic issues. The buccally located canine teeth were the problem.
With the help of Dr. Ankita Tandel, Dr. Patel completed the surgical extraction under local anesthesia, and the entire process took around thirty minutes. The tooth extracted was 3.7 cm.
5) Loo Hui Jing—Singapore
On April 6, 2009, a tooth measuring 3.2 cm was taken from Loo Hui Jing, making it the longest human tooth in history at the time. Dr. Ng Lay Choo carried out the operation at the Eli Dental Surgery.
6) Shane Russell—Canada
On June 28, 2000, nine-year-old Shane Russell of Canada had the widest tooth removed. The width of the tooth was 1.67 cm (0.6 in). You can compare this to a natural maxillary central incisor’s average width of 0.892 cm (0.3 in).
The tooth was 2.05 cm (0.8 in) long.
Parting shot
These are some of the largest teeth reported in history. Are you reading this because you think you have larger-than-average teeth? You are not alone.
If this is the case, you probably have macrodontia. Only 0.03 to 1.9% of people in the world have this condition, so you are in the minority.
The condition can impact one or more teeth. Sometimes, a single tooth will grow abnormally large, or two teeth may form to make one colossal tooth.
Hormone problems, race, environment, and heredity are associated with macrodontia. Asians and men are more likely than other groups to have the condition.
According to researchers, the condition is entirely connected to genetic abnormalities that cause teeth to grow. Two teeth may erupt together as a result of mutation.
Childhood exposure to radiation, pollutants, or unhealthful food may also affect an individual’s lifetime risk of developing macrodontia.
If you are having the condition, you shouldn’t worry as plenty of remedies exist. You simply need to visit your dentist, who will recommend the best action.
If the solution is extracting the tooth, don’t forget to check whether it’s the largest in the world. You might land in the book of records.