Veterinarian Puts Braces On Groundhog With Crooked Teeth

[matcom]

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Veterinarian Tom Meehan once helped yank a tooth from an elephant. (They're flat and square, about 4 inches by 4 inches, he said.) He's worked a root canal on a polar bear, removing one of its 42 teeth. He's also done the dental thing on primates.

Tuesday, Meehan ventured into orthodontia, affixing tiny "braces" to the front bottom biters of a Brookfield Zoo groundhog named Stormy.

"It's always something different," said Meehan, the zoo's chief veterinarian.

Under bright operating room lights in Brookfield's animal hospital, Stormy was first sedated with isoflurane gas delivered thorough a small mask wrapped around his snout.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-braces12.html

[Shell Beau]

1. Groundhogs want to be attractive too!

:silly:

[malta blue]

2. Is it covered on his dental plan?

[edbermac]

3. Wait until he gets his bill...

He won't be smiling then...

[Arkana]

4. Dude, where do you GET this stuff????