Meet the Expert: Dr. Carrie Logsdon McCullough, Veterinarian
In addition to being in private practice, Dr. McCullough was an adjunct associate professor of pediatric dentistry at The Ohio State University College of Dentistry. She also treated patients at Columbus Children’s Hospital. She often used storytelling to distract her more anxious patients. The stories her patients loved most were about her patients at The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.
While Dr. Carrie Logsdon McCullough is a veterinarian for humans, she also treated zoo animals. When The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium needed someone to come and look at the animal’s teeth, she jumped at the chance. Dr. McCullough has worked many different animals at the zoo. She gave them regular check ups, took care of their chipped teeth, filled their cavities, and even pulled teeth if necessary. Now retired, Dr. McCullough is a writer and is working on a book about being an animal dentist.
Dr. McCullough working on a tiger’s teeth (left) and other animals below
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Challenge:
How many teeth does a tiger have? And what kind are they? Do some size comparisons to your own teeth.
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Highlighted book for this Episode!
What If You Had Animal Teeth? by Sandra Markle (Scholastic)
If you could have any animal’s front teeth, whose would you choose?
WHAT IF YOU HAD ANIMAL TEETH takes children on a fun, informative, and imaginative journey as they explore what it would be like if their own front teeth were replaced by those of a different animal. Featuring a dozen animals (beaver, great white shark, narwhal, elephant, rattlesnake, naked mole rat, hippopotamus, crocodile, and more), this book explores how different teeth are especially adapted for an animal’s survival. At the end of the book, children will discover why their own teeth are just right for them. And they’ll also get a friendly reminder to take good care of their teeth, because they’re the only teeth they’ll ever have. Each spread features a photograph of the animal using its specialized teeth on the left and a humorous illustrated image of a child using that animal’s teeth on the right.
Book List:
Open Wide: Tooth School Inside by Laurie Keller (Owlet)
All about Teeth by Mari Schuh (Capstone Press)
Dentist Tools by Laura Hamilton Waxman (Lerner Publications)
