george Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 False tooth for elephant A THAI veterinarian claimed to have fitted an ailing elephant with the world's first-ever specially designed false tooth. Somsak Jitniyom said his team had successfully fitted a tooth made of stainless steel, silicone and plastic to a 60-year-old female elephant called Morakot. Somsak said Morakot had lost all of her upper teeth and was slowly starving death, a problem she shares with about 10 to 15 per cent of Thailand's 2,500 endangered domestic elephants. The cost of the tooth - which is 15cm long and 2.5cm deep - was around 700 baht , he said. --Daily Gulf News 2004-01-08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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