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Dentaltown Magazine catches up with Dr. Michael Zuk, a small-town
Canadian dentist who took center stage when he purchased legendary rocker
John Lennon’s tooth at auction.
by Brandy White
No stranger to the terms “shock and awe” or “whistle-blower,”
Dr. Michael Zuk is familiar with being at the center of media
storms. After all, what do you expect to happen when you buy a
Beatle’s molar at auction?
It’s been more than a year since Zuk placed the winning bid –
more than $30,000 – on Lennon’s molar at an English auction
and the media attention hasn’t faded. To spend that kind of
money on someone else’s tooth, you might think Zuk has quite
the obsession with The Beatles – but you’d be wrong. His motivation was a little different than you might think. He’s using the
publicity to call attention to what he thinks are the biggest problems facing his profession today.
John Lennon’s tooth
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