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Vijay Kumar Had 37 Teeth

AI-generated cover: close portrait of a generic adult with a natural smile; not Vijay Kumar and not an image of 37 teeth. Prompt: “Photorealistic vertical 4:5 editorial cover about human teeth. A close, respectful portrait crop of a generic adult smiling naturally with visible healthy teeth, soft daylight and neutral background. Not Vijay Kumar or any real person; do not exaggerate tooth count or imply a specific dental condition. No text, logos or dental products.” Generated 20 October 2026.

close photograph of an open human mouth and teeth; contextual, not Vijay Kumar. Alina Youshko, Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Open_mouth.jpg, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Attribution: Alina Youshko, “Open mouth,” CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Downloaded resized variant (`?width=1200`); checked 2026-10-18.

AI-generated dental teaching model illustrating adult dentition; it does not depict Kumar or make an exact tooth-count claim. Prompt: “Photorealistic vertical 4:5 editorial still life of a clean educational dental jaw model with natural adult teeth on a bright clinic table beside a dental mirror and a blank chart. Non-graphic teaching context, no real patient, no extra teeth or exact count claim. No readable text, numbers or logos.” Generated 20 October 2026.

panoramic X-ray of another adult with 32 teeth; contextual illustration of a typical full adult set, not Kumar’s X-ray. Ruhrfisch, Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:X-ray_of_all_32_human_teeth.jpg, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Attribution: Ruhrfisch, “X-ray of all 32 human teeth,” CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Downloaded resized variant (`?width=1200`); checked 2026-10-18.

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AI-generated cover: close portrait of a generic adult with a natural smile; not Vijay Kumar and not an image of 37 teeth. Prompt: “Photorealistic vertical 4:5 editorial cover about human teeth. A close, respectful portrait crop of a generic adult smiling naturally with visible healthy teeth, soft daylight and neutral background. Not Vijay Kumar or any real person; do not exaggerate tooth count or imply a specific dental condition. No text, logos or dental products.” Generated 20 October 2026.

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In 2015, Guinness World Records reported that Vijay Kumar from India had 37 teeth—five more than the average number Guinness gives for a person. His story appeared in the 2016 edition of Guinness World Records.