Veteran Dentist Recalls Unforgettable Experience Treating a Bear in India

Experience: I brought a bear back to life

I was in India, performing dentistry on my first animal patient, and it was supposed to be a straightforward operation I’ve been a dentist for 40 years. I spend most of my time treating patients at my surgery in Chichester, West Sussex. When I studied to become a dentist in the 1980s, I didn’t think I’d be getting my hands anywhere near the teeth of any exotic animals. Twenty years later, in 2000, that changed. A patient of mine, Alan Knight, the CEO of International Animal Rescue (IAR), show...

By Paul Cassar