Pioneering dental surgery at the zoo has cured Rico the sloth’s toothache | Chester Zoo https://www.chesterzoo.org/news/pioneering-dental-surgery-at-the-zoo-has-cured-rico-the-sloth-s-toothache
Pioneering dental surgery at the zoo has cured a sloth’s toothache. A new set of X-rays confirm a clean bill of health for two-toed sloth Rico at Chester Zoo.
Sloths have very different teeth to humans, which makes dentistry challenging.
