Dentist Helps Save Falcon With Broken Beak

A peregrine falcon in Rhode Island was saved after breaking its beak when it flew into Rhode Island Hospital, thanks to help from a local dental surgeon.

Sheida Soleimani, executive director of the Congress of the Birds, coordinated the rescue.

Volunteer Rachael Gilardetti, whose day job is a dental surgeon, performed the delicate procedure using dental epoxy and acrylic to repair the split beak…

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