A Dentist for All Specied
Wicked/News / 2006/11/16 03:30
Odd Jobs
A Dentist for All Species
Name: Peter Kertesz
Job: Multispecies dentist
Patients: Humans, elephants, gorillas, lions, camels, walruses, bears, and more
Author: A Colour Atlas of Veterianry Dentistry and Oral Surgery
Practice: London; Zoos and Wildlife Parks Worldwide
Tools: About 1,500 pounds of custom-made equipment. largest drill bit measures 4.25 inches in diameter.
First Nonhuman patient: A domestic cat in 1978
Largest Patient: "Boy," An asian elephant in the Kiev zoo. Extracted tusk(six inches in diameter) and filled a cavity
Smallest Patient: African bush baby, a squirrel-size primate
Toughest Procedure: Extracting an aardvark's infected molars, which required cutting through the animal's cheek
Easiest Procedure: Brushing his dog's teeth every day with meat-flavored toothpaste
His Human Patients' Reaction: If he can work on a tiger's tooth, then human teeth must be child's play.
-whitney dangerfield
From Nationaly Geographic 2004, June
