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Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment, Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Kingussie, Scotland - 15 Nov 2012
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alex Riddell / Rex Features (1975036i)
Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment
Open Up and Say Rarrrrr: (Polar) Bear With A Sore Tooth
Arktos the 75 stone (477 kg) polar bear is bearing up well after a team of expert veterinarians were drafted up to the Highlands to help the four-year-old bear with a sore tooth.
Early Thursday (15 Nov) morning, the male was darted and then a three hour dental operation began.
Keepers had noticed that the usually playful polar bear seemed to be feeling a bit sorry for himself and not hanging out with his friend Walker quite so much; then regular checks revealed poor Arktos might have a tooth ache.
As broken or infected teeth are a major cause of large carnivore debilitation and death in the wild, both of the young polar boys, Walker and Arktos, have been trained to open their huge powerful mouths to show their keepers their 42 razor sharp gnashers.
Luckily for the only polar bears on display in the UK, last week their dedicated keepers spotted a small area of discolouration on Arktos' upper left canine tooth and called in the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's team of veterinarians, the charity that owns and manages the Highland Wildlife Park, and external dental experts to fix his tricky tooth.
When experts got Arktos into the equivalent of a dentist's chair - a specially reinforced table made from scaffolding poles and planks - they discovered that, just like lots of us humans, he needed a root canal. One of his teeth had become damaged at the tip and rotted through, so it needed drilling out, cleaning and then packing with dental cement. Exactly the same procedure as in humans, just with a tooth canal almost six times the size.
Douglas Richardson, Animal Collection Manager at the Highland Wildlife Park, commented:
"Because we regularly train our polar bears and other large animals to t...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/CTBPOMJPD
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Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment, Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Kingussie, Scotland - 15 Nov 2012
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alex Riddell / Rex Features (1975036h)
Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment
Open Up and Say Rarrrrr: (Polar) Bear With A Sore Tooth
Arktos the 75 stone (477 kg) polar bear is bearing up well after a team of expert veterinarians were drafted up to the Highlands to help the four-year-old bear with a sore tooth.
Early Thursday (15 Nov) morning, the male was darted and then a three hour dental operation began.
Keepers had noticed that the usually playful polar bear seemed to be feeling a bit sorry for himself and not hanging out with his friend Walker quite so much; then regular checks revealed poor Arktos might have a tooth ache.
As broken or infected teeth are a major cause of large carnivore debilitation and death in the wild, both of the young polar boys, Walker and Arktos, have been trained to open their huge powerful mouths to show their keepers their 42 razor sharp gnashers.
Luckily for the only polar bears on display in the UK, last week their dedicated keepers spotted a small area of discolouration on Arktos' upper left canine tooth and called in the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's team of veterinarians, the charity that owns and manages the Highland Wildlife Park, and external dental experts to fix his tricky tooth.
When experts got Arktos into the equivalent of a dentist's chair - a specially reinforced table made from scaffolding poles and planks - they discovered that, just like lots of us humans, he needed a root canal. One of his teeth had become damaged at the tip and rotted through, so it needed drilling out, cleaning and then packing with dental cement. Exactly the same procedure as in humans, just with a tooth canal almost six times the size.
Douglas Richardson, Animal Collection Manager at the Highland Wildlife Park, commented:
"Because we regularly train our polar bears and other large animals to t...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/CTBPOMJPD
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Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment, Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Kingussie, Scotland - 15 Nov 2012
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alex Riddell / Rex Features (1975036f)
Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment
Open Up and Say Rarrrrr: (Polar) Bear With A Sore Tooth
Arktos the 75 stone (477 kg) polar bear is bearing up well after a team of expert veterinarians were drafted up to the Highlands to help the four-year-old bear with a sore tooth.
Early Thursday (15 Nov) morning, the male was darted and then a three hour dental operation began.
Keepers had noticed that the usually playful polar bear seemed to be feeling a bit sorry for himself and not hanging out with his friend Walker quite so much; then regular checks revealed poor Arktos might have a tooth ache.
As broken or infected teeth are a major cause of large carnivore debilitation and death in the wild, both of the young polar boys, Walker and Arktos, have been trained to open their huge powerful mouths to show their keepers their 42 razor sharp gnashers.
Luckily for the only polar bears on display in the UK, last week their dedicated keepers spotted a small area of discolouration on Arktos' upper left canine tooth and called in the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's team of veterinarians, the charity that owns and manages the Highland Wildlife Park, and external dental experts to fix his tricky tooth.
When experts got Arktos into the equivalent of a dentist's chair - a specially reinforced table made from scaffolding poles and planks - they discovered that, just like lots of us humans, he needed a root canal. One of his teeth had become damaged at the tip and rotted through, so it needed drilling out, cleaning and then packing with dental cement. Exactly the same procedure as in humans, just with a tooth canal almost six times the size.
Douglas Richardson, Animal Collection Manager at the Highland Wildlife Park, commented:
"Because we regularly train our polar bears and other large animals to t...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/CTBPOMJPD
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Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment, Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Kingussie, Scotland - 15 Nov 2012
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alex Riddell / Rex Features (1975036e)
Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment
Open Up and Say Rarrrrr: (Polar) Bear With A Sore Tooth
Arktos the 75 stone (477 kg) polar bear is bearing up well after a team of expert veterinarians were drafted up to the Highlands to help the four-year-old bear with a sore tooth.
Early Thursday (15 Nov) morning, the male was darted and then a three hour dental operation began.
Keepers had noticed that the usually playful polar bear seemed to be feeling a bit sorry for himself and not hanging out with his friend Walker quite so much; then regular checks revealed poor Arktos might have a tooth ache.
As broken or infected teeth are a major cause of large carnivore debilitation and death in the wild, both of the young polar boys, Walker and Arktos, have been trained to open their huge powerful mouths to show their keepers their 42 razor sharp gnashers.
Luckily for the only polar bears on display in the UK, last week their dedicated keepers spotted a small area of discolouration on Arktos' upper left canine tooth and called in the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's team of veterinarians, the charity that owns and manages the Highland Wildlife Park, and external dental experts to fix his tricky tooth.
When experts got Arktos into the equivalent of a dentist's chair - a specially reinforced table made from scaffolding poles and planks - they discovered that, just like lots of us humans, he needed a root canal. One of his teeth had become damaged at the tip and rotted through, so it needed drilling out, cleaning and then packing with dental cement. Exactly the same procedure as in humans, just with a tooth canal almost six times the size.
Douglas Richardson, Animal Collection Manager at the Highland Wildlife Park, commented:
"Because we regularly train our polar bears and other large animals to t...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/CTBPOMJPD
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Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment, Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Kingussie, Scotland - 15 Nov 2012
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alex Riddell / Rex Features (1975036c)
Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment
Open Up and Say Rarrrrr: (Polar) Bear With A Sore Tooth
Arktos the 75 stone (477 kg) polar bear is bearing up well after a team of expert veterinarians were drafted up to the Highlands to help the four-year-old bear with a sore tooth.
Early Thursday (15 Nov) morning, the male was darted and then a three hour dental operation began.
Keepers had noticed that the usually playful polar bear seemed to be feeling a bit sorry for himself and not hanging out with his friend Walker quite so much; then regular checks revealed poor Arktos might have a tooth ache.
As broken or infected teeth are a major cause of large carnivore debilitation and death in the wild, both of the young polar boys, Walker and Arktos, have been trained to open their huge powerful mouths to show their keepers their 42 razor sharp gnashers.
Luckily for the only polar bears on display in the UK, last week their dedicated keepers spotted a small area of discolouration on Arktos' upper left canine tooth and called in the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's team of veterinarians, the charity that owns and manages the Highland Wildlife Park, and external dental experts to fix his tricky tooth.
When experts got Arktos into the equivalent of a dentist's chair - a specially reinforced table made from scaffolding poles and planks - they discovered that, just like lots of us humans, he needed a root canal. One of his teeth had become damaged at the tip and rotted through, so it needed drilling out, cleaning and then packing with dental cement. Exactly the same procedure as in humans, just with a tooth canal almost six times the size.
Douglas Richardson, Animal Collection Manager at the Highland Wildlife Park, commented:
"Because we regularly train our polar bears and other large animals to t...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/CTBPOMJPD
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Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment, Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Kingussie, Scotland - 15 Nov 2012
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alex Riddell / Rex Features (1975036d)
Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment
Open Up and Say Rarrrrr: (Polar) Bear With A Sore Tooth
Arktos the 75 stone (477 kg) polar bear is bearing up well after a team of expert veterinarians were drafted up to the Highlands to help the four-year-old bear with a sore tooth.
Early Thursday (15 Nov) morning, the male was darted and then a three hour dental operation began.
Keepers had noticed that the usually playful polar bear seemed to be feeling a bit sorry for himself and not hanging out with his friend Walker quite so much; then regular checks revealed poor Arktos might have a tooth ache.
As broken or infected teeth are a major cause of large carnivore debilitation and death in the wild, both of the young polar boys, Walker and Arktos, have been trained to open their huge powerful mouths to show their keepers their 42 razor sharp gnashers.
Luckily for the only polar bears on display in the UK, last week their dedicated keepers spotted a small area of discolouration on Arktos' upper left canine tooth and called in the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's team of veterinarians, the charity that owns and manages the Highland Wildlife Park, and external dental experts to fix his tricky tooth.
When experts got Arktos into the equivalent of a dentist's chair - a specially reinforced table made from scaffolding poles and planks - they discovered that, just like lots of us humans, he needed a root canal. One of his teeth had become damaged at the tip and rotted through, so it needed drilling out, cleaning and then packing with dental cement. Exactly the same procedure as in humans, just with a tooth canal almost six times the size.
Douglas Richardson, Animal Collection Manager at the Highland Wildlife Park, commented:
"Because we regularly train our polar bears and other large animals to t...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/CTBPOMJPD
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Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment, Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Kingussie, Scotland - 15 Nov 2012
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alex Riddell / Rex Features (1975036b)
Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment
Open Up and Say Rarrrrr: (Polar) Bear With A Sore Tooth
Arktos the 75 stone (477 kg) polar bear is bearing up well after a team of expert veterinarians were drafted up to the Highlands to help the four-year-old bear with a sore tooth.
Early Thursday (15 Nov) morning, the male was darted and then a three hour dental operation began.
Keepers had noticed that the usually playful polar bear seemed to be feeling a bit sorry for himself and not hanging out with his friend Walker quite so much; then regular checks revealed poor Arktos might have a tooth ache.
As broken or infected teeth are a major cause of large carnivore debilitation and death in the wild, both of the young polar boys, Walker and Arktos, have been trained to open their huge powerful mouths to show their keepers their 42 razor sharp gnashers.
Luckily for the only polar bears on display in the UK, last week their dedicated keepers spotted a small area of discolouration on Arktos' upper left canine tooth and called in the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's team of veterinarians, the charity that owns and manages the Highland Wildlife Park, and external dental experts to fix his tricky tooth.
When experts got Arktos into the equivalent of a dentist's chair - a specially reinforced table made from scaffolding poles and planks - they discovered that, just like lots of us humans, he needed a root canal. One of his teeth had become damaged at the tip and rotted through, so it needed drilling out, cleaning and then packing with dental cement. Exactly the same procedure as in humans, just with a tooth canal almost six times the size.
Douglas Richardson, Animal Collection Manager at the Highland Wildlife Park, commented:
"Because we regularly train our polar bears and other large animals to t...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/CTBPOMJPD
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Snow monkey (Macaca fuscata), Japanese macaque, captive, Highland Wildlife Park, Kingussie, Scotland, UK
Snow monkey (Macaca fuscata), Japanese macaque, captive, Highland Wildlife Park, Kingussie, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe
Ann & Steve Toon