On Tuesday, a dentist from the German city of Offenbach received a certificate from Guinness World Records for pulling the longest known human tooth.

Dr. Max Lukas had extracted the 37.2-millimeter (1.46-inch) giant tooth from a patient in nearby Mainz who sought help in 2018 for severe dental pain.

After pulling the oversized enamel, Lukas spent about a year submitting the necessary paperwork and having the tooth checked before it was listed by Guinness World Records. Almost three-quarters of the tooth's length was the root below the gumline.

Lukas said he would make space in his office for the certificate. "Every dentist in the world will read about this," the daily newspaper Frankfurter Neue Zeitung reported him as saying.

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Dentists operate on wild bear in German national park Visit to the dentist Experts were called in to operate on a 250-kilogram (550-pound) brown bear known as Igor in a wildlife park in the eastern German state of Brandenburg.

Dentists operate on wild bear in German national park Out cold Specialists anesthetized the bear and raised it onto a makeshift operating table with the help of volunteers.

Dentists operate on wild bear in German national park Open wide With Igor's mouth hanging open and tongue drooping out, the dental surgeons went to work on repairing the 21-year-old's infected gums. They used similar tools to those used for human dentistry, only larger.

Dentists operate on wild bear in German national park Long, aching process The operation lasted into the afternoon. Another bear was scheduled to undergo a similar operation on Friday, although it had to be postponed.

Dentists operate on wild bear in German national park Not an uncommon problem Park manager Julian Dorsch believes the bear's dental problems stemmed from chewing on the iron bars of his cage "out of boredom." Igor spent his early life in captivity.

Dentists operate on wild bear in German national park Accidental discovery Experts were initially called to find out why Igor had been walking strangely. While investigating his hip joints, they discovered his tooth decay. Igor is expected to recover from both problems.



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