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ErikJ

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6. Tumors usually from environment

Reply to 951-Riverside (Reply #4)

Sun Dec 28, 2014, 06:51 PM

Dec 2014

It sounds like the tumor screwed up the gene that stops more teeth from developing which goes back about 400 million years ago to original fish! The first teeth developed from skin scales and were hundreds. Heres a N. American fish that looks like it has the same problem.

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Doctors remove 80 teeth from boy's jaw [View all] ErikJ Dec 2014 OP

WOW! Omaha Steve Dec 2014 #1

Sounds like an insurance scam... jen1980 Dec 2014 #2

one of my nephews had two sets of permanent teeth. demtenjeep Dec 2014 #3

Is this because of the Environment or the Incest/Rape culture in India? 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #4

Why not simply search Odontoma rather than try to pound a square peg into a pet hole? Thor_MN Dec 2014 #5

Tumors usually from environment ErikJ Dec 2014 #6

what the hell! Boreal Dec 2014 #9

N. American fish, what species? Where did you get that picture? B Calm Dec 2014 #10

That is a real fish, but it has absolutely nothing to do with the OP Thor_MN Dec 2014 #11

Oh okay, it's a sheepshead or fresh water drum. Around here B Calm Dec 2014 #12

Sickening joshbrandwood Dec 2014 #7

Freaky! Quantess Dec 2014 #8