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Talented: Dr Steenkamp operates on some of the wild's most ferocious predators. This the South African dentist in surgery with a bear

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Multi-talented: The dentist performs a host of procedures including root canals, extracting teeth and scaling and polishing teeth. He can be seen operating on a cheetah

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Ferocious: Although dentists often have to deal with grumpy patients, its doubtful many can be as hot-tempered as this tiger

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Fortunate: Despite the wild nature of the majority of his patients, Dr, Steenkamp has largely avoided injury. A lion is pictured in the back of his hatch-back

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Fascinated: Schoolchildren watch at the talented dentist operates on a cheetah

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Sore: Dr. Steenkamp says the most satisfying part of his job is making a difference. This hippopotamus gets some emergency work carried out on its teeth