Thousands of dental implants stolen
Burglars have stolen a huge batch unsterilized dental implants with the intention of smuggling them to the West Bank.
The implants, worth many thousands of pounds, were robbed from a Adin Dental Implant Systems factory, based near the Israeli city of Afula, on Friday 30 October 2009.
However, the gappy burglars and their customers are in for a nasty shock as the implants were unsterilized and are very dangerous to use.
The local police claim that the incident was not an ordinary robbery and it is believed that the burglars knew what they were taking.
Yossi Sharvit, a police commander in Afula, said that a similar crime had taken place earlier in the year and investigators were examining links between the incidents.
Police now believe that the teeth will be sold around the West Bank and possibly smuggled abroad, which could be vary dangerous for the purchaser.
Eyal Milman, Adin managing director, said the implants couldn’t be used because they had not been sterilized and urged dentists to look out for sales of implants for shadily low prices.
Israel implant market is profitable, being the largest in the globe when compared to the size of the population.
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