After losing his teeth in a mugging, a Sea Point ice-cream vendor is now showing off a dazzling new smile.
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After losing his teeth in a mugging, a Sea Point ice cream vendor is now showing off a dazzling new smile.
Luke Dausi was hit in the face with a baseball bat and knocked unconscious while selling ice cream on the Sea Point promenade last month.
Apart from being robbed of his money and cellphone, he lost eight teeth, four each from his upper and lower rows.
He was helped by a passer-by and taken to hospital by his boss, David East, of Ola ice cream.
His employers, East and Gary Saven, also hooked Dausi up with dentist Dr Marc Sher, who was one of a team of dentists and technicians to provide Dausi with a new set of teeth, worth about R200 000, for free.
Dausi said he liked to sing, and when he lost his teeth he could barely talk. “I like my new smile a lot and I am always smiling now.
“I don’t know how I can express my gratitude to all the people who have helped me – I am very proud of Dr Marc.”
Sher paid tribute to Herman Bauerrichter of Surgicast Dental Lab, Marcel van der Vaart and his team from Ceramiart Dental Lab, Daniel Millner from Wright Millners, MegaGen who sponsored the implants and a top periodontist who asked to remain anonymous.
But the job is not over.
Sher said: “Luke has had four implants which are healing. He will be fitted with permanent teeth in November.”
yolisa.tswanya@inl.co.za
Cape Argus