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Early last year, keepers at Chester Zoo first spotted that 25-year-old Rico, a two-toed sloth, had swellings on the side of ...

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Your gums could bleed, change colors, burn, or hurt. Abscessed tooth. When you have an infection at the root of your tooth, it forms a pus pocket, or abscess. These don’t always hurt ...

Rico underwent three-hour dental surgery after zookeepers noticed he had developed a swelling on his face. | ITV News Granada ...

A rare two-toed sloth is recovering at a UK zoo after undergoing pioneering dental surgery to cure its toothache. The 25-year-old South American mammal named Rico began to concern keepers at Chester ...

This breakage allows bacteria to sneak into the tissue inside and underneath the tooth and grow into a painful infection called an abscess. Without treatment, an infection in your dog's mouth can ...

A RARE sloth has been given the all-clear at a recent health check following pioneering dental surgery at Chester Zoo.