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Say Aaaaaaahh!!!!

A raccoon has decided to end his life of crime and trash can pilfering and take up a more profitable profession…

Doggie DENTIST!

Unfortunately, his first client, a beagle, isn't a fan of the dentist…

Not. One. BIT! LOLz!

Check out David Doggie After the Dentist (above) RIGHT NOW!

Tags: beagle, cute cute, dentist, dog, pet, raccoon, silly, video

Yay! Tiger got a new tooth!

A 7-year-old Tiger had broken tooth for several YEARS, until a large animal anesthesiologist came and was able to put it under so a local dentist could fix the tooth.

Hooray dentists!

Check out the above video to see one brave dentist, putting his hands in a tigers mouth.

Tags: broken, dentist, tiger, tooth

Need a tic-tac?

A dentist from North Carolina recently traveled all the way to Puerto Rico to perform a dental procedure on a 3,000 lb patient.

For the past 20-years Dr. Mike Loomis has being flying south to treat a 39-year-old male hippo named Tomy.

The Ferré zoo's most popular animal suffers from a malocclusion, which prevents his lower teeth from wearing properly, and they eventually overgrow to the point that they interfere with his eating.

"The first time I performed the dental procedure on Tomy, his teeth had grown through his upper lip, making it very painful for him to chew. He was very thin, and I was concerned about the risk of anesthesia. Since then, the zoo has done a great job of making sure that his teeth are trimmed before they get to that point,"

explained Loomis.

Sounds like Tomy is super lucky to have such a talented friend from the states — even if he's not more giving with the anesthesia!

[image via Tom Gillespie N.C. Zoo]

Tags: dentist, friend, hippopotamus, north carolina, procedure, teeth, travel, zoo

Even Apes have to go to the dentist!

They say that an 800-pound gorilla can sit anywhere he wants. But when he's got a toothache, there's only one place he can go — into the dentist's chair.

Oscar Jonsey, a 30-year-old lowlands gorilla from the San Francisco Zoo, was knocked out while two dentists performed a three-hour procedure to save an abscessed tooth.

This was the second trip to the dentist's office in the past year for the ailing ape, also known as O.J.

Last year poor O.J. had to get a root canal too.

The silverback gorilla was anesthetized in his pen and brought to the zoo's veterinary hospital where dentist Dan Mairani and endodontist Steve Holifield, who usually handle humans, treated O.J.'s canine tooth.

[Image via San Francisco Zoo]

Tags: ailing, ape, dentist, gorilla, humans, procedure, tooth, zoo

Is that necessary?

When you're star you can bring your dog everywhere. Literally.

Nicollette Sheridan was spotted leaving her Beverly Hills dentist office after getting a root canal, Thursday. She had her boyfriend and her dog with her for moral support.

We know the dentist is suxs but… is that sanitary?

There is no way we'd stick around to find out!

[Image via Ramey Pix.]

Tags: beverly hills, boyfriend, dentist, dog, nicollette, nicollette sheridan

Wow!

Mumbasa, an African lion at the Brit Spaugh Zoo in Kansas, got a visit from the dentist after chomping down on his enclosure's fence and chipping an inch long tooth.

The lion was put to sleep on Monday morning and a team assisted a dentist while he gave the sleeping beast a root canal.

The procedure went according to plan and Mumbasa is resting up before he returns to his enclosure to greet visitors at the zoo.

Tags: dentist, kansas, nbc, procedure, safety, sleep, tooth

Remember the days when going to the dentist was something to be feared?

Those days are over…at least for patients of Tracy A. Taddey and her dentist father.

This father/daughter dental team in La Jolla, California have added an adorable new dental assistant to the office: Mona the mutt.

Patients have taken a liking to the chihuahua-dachshund mix, and many of them like to let her sit on their laps during their appointments.

Here's what Tracy had to say about Mona's calming influence in the office:

"Immediately the anxiety level goes down."

But will Mona stay with patients through the entire exam, despite the loud noise of the drill? More from Tracy:

"Nobody likes that sound. I don't even like it. But Mona's fine with it, sleeps right through it. She doesn't move until I take off my gloves. That's what she takes as her signal that we're done."

She's adorable and she keeps patients calm! Sounds like a great dental assistant, if we've ever heard of one!

Thanks for making visits to the dentist a little more bearable, Mona! Keep up the good work!

[Image via Michael Spengler.]

Tags: adorable, california, chihuahua dachshund mix, dental assistant, dentist, la jolla, mona the mutt, tracy a taddey