This dentist travels around the world healing hippos, lions and elephants. Gerhard Steenkamp, a South African, is known to be one of the world's leading dentists with courage.
15 years of experience in the profession, this dentist has traveled around the world to cure teeth for many kinds of animals, from Africa, America to Asia.
On average, each year he performs more than 500 dental surgeries for a variety of animals.His clients include: mice, dolphins, bears, lions, hippos, elephants .
In the photo, Dr. Gerhard is using a sawmill to heal a broken tooth of a hippopotamus in Pretoria.
He and his colleagues are preparing to perform surgery for a bear.
He was checking the teeth and ivory for an injured elephant.
His whole team is watching the worm teeth for a big elephant in Africa.
A special tool that this dentist uses to examine teeth for large animals.
Picture of a healthy patient after being treated by Dr. Gerhard.
Besides large animals, he also treated small species such as mice, squirrels, cats .
Dolphins are also one of his customers.
In the photo, he was checking teeth for a leopard in South Africa.
He is removing the damaged teeth of an older hippopotamus.
In order to treat large animals, his team had to work very hard.
Dr. Gerhard is examining the body temperature for a large tiger.
A white lion prepared to go to the operating table.
Local children enjoy watching this special dentist work.
