
DULUTH, Minn. — An Alaska brown bear at the Lake Superior Zoo in northeastern Minnesota has a gleaming new silver-colored canine tooth in a first-of-its-kind procedure for a bear. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. The 800-pound Tundra was put under sedation Monday and fitted with a new crown — the largest dental crown ever created, according to the zoo.
Main Idea: Lake Superior Zoo gave its Alaska brown bear Tundra a giant custom metal crown for a damaged canine tooth in a first-of-its-kind veterinary procedure.
Key Points:
Zoo dental work and animal sedation can be costly and risky, which may affect ticket prices, donations, or taxpayer support for public zoos.
Lake Superior Zoo and Creature Crowns show that specialized veterinary care can improve animal welfare and create useful methods for other zoos and vet teams.
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Company that made the titanium alloy crown for Tundra.
The zoo housing Tundra and the site of the unusual veterinary procedure.
Board-certified veterinary dentist who performed the bear’s crown procedure and is quoted describing it as a first-of-its-kind case.
Lake Superior Zoo marketing manager quoted about Tundra’s recovery and the procedure.
Publication where Dr. Brown plans to publish the procedure, mentioned as a future outlet for the case report.
Mentioned in a comparison anecdote about a prior tiger veterinary incident.
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