article_snippet: A rare white lion received a six-hour dental operation to remove the broken roots of A rare white lion two rotting canine teeth.
article_snippet: The video produced by denture company Fixodent, captures a six-hour dental operation to remove the broken roots of its two rotting canine teeth and features lion whisperer and animal behaviourist Kevin Richardson.
article_snippet: ‘A lion without its bite is not really a lion, its’s really important for a lion to have a full set of teeth that are usable.
article_snippet: Dr Adrian Tordiffe operates on The white lion for six hours and removes the entire root of the rotten canine .
article_snippet: Dr Adrian Tordiffe removes all the rotten fragments of tooth from where The white lion's canine used to be .
article_snippet: the operation took a lot longer than Kevin had anticipated and a total of four teeth were worked on .
article_snippet: the gaping hole left by the broken canine tooth is visible.
article_snippet: After the last piece of tooth is removed, the doctor sews up the gaping hole left by the broken canine tooth and notes that the animal will soon be without the pain and as a result a much happier lion.
article_snippet: The fragments of the broken and rotten canine teeth were removed and the doctor later sewed up the holes .
article_snippet: Later in the video Kevin notes that the operation was a lot longer than Aslan had anticipated and that a total of four teeth – instead of two – were worked on.
highlights_snippet: The doctor removes canine tooth fragments and sews up hole .
  