Scott Bennell-Smith, 17, from St Mellion in Cornwall, is understood to have suffered a broken jaw and lost teeth in the attack.

BBC: Scott Bennell-Smith

The tiger waited for them to fall, then scavenged them until he got mange, lost two teeth, and moved on.

NEWYORKER: The Tiger��s Wife

An autism group has called for a new investigation after allegations a patient lost two teeth when he was punched at a private Bristol hospital.

BBC: Winterbourne View: Autism society wants punch probe

At each new moon, we wondered whether it would ever appear again (were we hoping that it would simply disappear?), and when it did reappear, looking more and more like a comb that had lost its teeth, we averted our eyes with a shudder.

NEWYORKER: The Daughters of the Moon

By the time he keeled over in 1932, he had lost not only zip but teeth, most of his having been pulled in an attempt to stop bone decay.

FORBES: A Pinch of Poison

It will also fail to make you rich, lose weight, get white teeth or regrow hair that has been lost.

FORBES: Ask the taxgirl: Getting Paid Under the Table

She told with great emphasis a story about her mother, who remembered falling and breaking her teeth on the steps leading into the courtyard of a lost family home, steps that were tall and broad to accommodate the enormous tread of a riding elephant.

NEWYORKER: In Other Rooms, Other Wonders