Archive for the ‘Animal Dentistry’ Category
Cooper The Sea Lion All Smiles After Undergoing Dental Treatment
Cooper, a male Californian sea lion from Taronga Zoo, is all smiles after undergoing dental treatment. The 5 year old sea lion can now eat normally and he has returned to his normal diet after undergoing dental treatment in February. One of Cooper’s supervisors, Danielle Fox, said that Cooper has been suffering ongoing dental problems […]
Scientists Look To Alligators To Solve Human Dental Problems
Scientists are investigating how alligators re-grow their teeth in a bid to solve human dental problems. Alligators can have around 80 teeth in their teeth at any given time and they produce around 50 sets of replacement teeth, meaning that in their lifetime, they can go through more than 2,000 teeth. The ability to re-grow […]
King’s College Dental Institute Researchers Link Facial Structure To Kidney Disease
Researchers from King’s College London Dental Institute have suggested a link between facial structure and kidney disease. Professor Sharpe, an expert in the field of craniofacial development and stem cell biology, suggests that patients with kidney disease have facial characteristics that may carry information about the genetic mutation they have inherited. The Professor has published […]
Romford Pet Store To Stop Selling Rabbit Muesli Amid Dental Concerns
The Romford branch of Pets at Home has confirmed that it will stop selling muesli rabbit food amid concerns that it is bad for rabbit’s dental health. Research carried out by the University of Edinburgh and Burgess Pet Care revealed that rabbits who fed on muesli were at a greater risk of experiencing digestive and […]
Dental Expert Tend To Boris The 66 Stone Polar Bear
A group of dental experts gathered to treat a 66 stone polar bear at the Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma, Washington. Boris, who was rescued from a circus in Mexico ten years ago, is one of the zoo’s most popular residents. The polar bear needed dental treatment for an infected tooth and vets took the […]
Zia The Tiger Undergoes Treatment For A Broken Tooth
One of the Isle of Wight’s most popular residents, Zia the tiger, has undergone dental treatment for a broken tooth. Zia, who is 17 years old and one of the zoo’s most iconic animals, was sedated by vet, Matt Twitchett before being taken to the operating table by truck; she needed treatment to fix a […]
Dentist Treats Lion’s Painful Tooth At Werribee Zoo
It would be the stuff of nightmares for many people having to treat a 161kg lion’s painful tooth, but that’s exactly what Dr David Clarke did at Werribee Zoo in Australia. The oral surgeon and his team of helpers carried out vital treatment on the lion, Johari, 9, for a broken front canine that had […]
Bull Elephant Ninio Gets A Visit From The Dentist
Zoo keepers at Poznan Zoo in Poland called in the experts last week when bull elephant, Ninio, fractured one of his tusks. Keepers enlisted the help of Dr Adrian Tordiffe, research veterinarian at Pretoria Zoo,South Africa and Dr Gerhard Steenkamp, renowned veterinary dentist. The expert duo arrived in Poland last week to assess Ninio’s fractured […]
Arktos The Polar Bear All Smiles After Trip To The Dentist
Arktos, a 75-stone polar bear, is all smiles after receiving urgent dental treatment. Arktos the polar bear, who is resident at Highland Wildlife Park near Kingussie in Scotland, needed emergency dental treatment on a rotten tooth. A team of ten dentists worked on the giant bear after putting him to sleep for the procedure; Arktos […]
Ollie The Dog May Have To Be Put Down After Hawk Attack
Ollie, a four year old Jack Russell, may have to be put down, after a Harris hawk swooped down and ripped off his tongue while he was out walking with his owner. Ollie was enjoying a walk with his owner, Ian Farquhar, when the Harris hawk, which was undergoing training, darted from the sky and […]
