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Jan Krieg holds a bronze tusk he
made for Tava
the elephant. He has
a signed photograph on his wall from
Tava thanking him for the tusk.
Krieg scrounged the bronze
for the
tusk from discarded sprinkler heads. |
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Krieg
holds up a model of a tiger fang.
He has made fangs for
big cats, teeth for
monkeys, and tusks for elephants. |
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| SPP ANIMALS |
Although he began his career like all dental
technicians, by making crowns and bridgework for people,
he now makes oral wear for lions and tigers and bears. And
monkeys and elephants and pumas. His creations include a partial tusk for Tava
the elephant from Marine World, two gold fangs for Jack
the tiger from the San Francisco Zoo and four gold front
fangs for Buster the jaguar from San Francisco Zoo. He works
with local dentists Paul Brown and Bob Turner, who have
achieved minor celebrity as dentists to local animal stars. He's had no complaints from customers. On
one wall in his office, he has a signed picture from Tava
the elephant and another of Jack the tiger. In the tiger
photo, Krieg's head is half inside Jack's mouth. The scene
mirrored the one taking place under Krieg's feet - Krieg's
mastiff had all but swallowed the head of one of his corgis. The job has its hazards, like the time Krieg
and a lightly anesthetized tiger were having an intimate
tete-a-tete and the tiger woke up. Five people had to pull
the tiger's paw back from Krieg with a rope. Another time
a tiger bit a hole through a stainless steel bucket. "He
bit through it like it was a paper bag," he said.repetition. “Someday.”
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