Dentist performs root canal on stray dog with broken tooth

Nagpur | Tuesday | 13th November, 2018

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According to Sakharkar, he is the first to perform a root canal on a stray dog. We took a conservative line,” Sakharkar added.The dentist lured the stray dog with chicken pieces placed in a custom-made cage. Dr Sakharkar feeds over 30 stray dogs daily when he also closely observes each stray. Nagpur: Pained to see a stray dog in distress after breaking its tooth, a city dentist recently performed a root canal surgery on the canine.Private practitioner Dr Roshan Sakharkar, an alumnus of Government Dental College, performed the surgery on November 1. After this, though root canal has been performed several times on animals, it is still rare..