The tooth fairy is going to have to make an extra large delivery tonight.
Boris, a 29-year-old polar bear, had surgery to remove three broken or decayed teeth at a Washington state zoo.
But the 880-pound bear was too big for the dentist’s chair.
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Boris, a 29-year-old polar bear, had surgery to remove three broken or decayed teeth at a zoo in Tacoma, Washington last week
The 880-pound bear was too big for the dentist’s chair and had to be sprawled out on a table while veterinarians extracted his problem teeth
He had to be sprawled out on a table while veterinarians and support staff extracted his problem teeth last week, according to CBS News.
Boris is one of the oldest polar bears in North American zoos and has lived nearly twice as long as polar bears usually do in the wild.
He is one of three polar bears in the Arctic tundra exhibit at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington.
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Veterinarians take Boris’ measurements (left) and display one of the decayed teeth they had to remove. Boris is one of the oldest polar bears in North American zoos
During a root canal in 2013, Boris (pictured here in last week’s operation) has to be shot with a tranquilizer and sedated before his medical exam
This wasn’t Boris’ first major dental operation.
The polar bear had to undergo a root canal in 2013 during a four-hour medical examination.
Boris had to be shot with a tranquilizer and sedated before he was carried by 12 workers into the operating room.
Boris came to the Arctic exhibit in the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in 2002 after he was rescued from a Mexican traveling circus
A dentist dug 10cm deep in order to remove the infected canine tooth.
The polar bear came to the Washington zoo in 2002 after he was rescued from a Mexican traveling circus.
U.S. animal welfare officials apprehended the circus in Puerto Rico and rescued Boris, who was born in a zoo in Germany.
U.S. animal welfare officials apprehended the circus in Puerto Rico and rescued Boris, who was born in a zoo in Germany