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Dahlup, a thirty eight year old Indian Bull Elephant, was found by head Metrozoo veterinarian Dr. Chris Miller, to have a longitudinal fracture in his right tusk.  Both tusks were cut back by Dr. Miller to prevent further fracture into "Dollie's" maxilla.  Upon doing this procedure, with Dollie wide awake, Dr. Miller found that some of the nerve tissue inside the tusk had not receded with growth as it should have.

Dr. Groh and Dr. Souviron were called in to place a palliative dressing inside the nerve canal and seal the tusk imperviously in the hope of preventing contamination of the living parts of the tusk, closer to and into the animal's skull..  Thus, a partial root canal and bonding were provided for Dahlup, while he was wide awake.

Dahlup's behavior was excellent, in fact he was quite social throughout the procedure, and lumbered straight off to the play yard when finished.

Thanks again to Dr. Miller for this unique opportunity.

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