A four-millimetre tall man who is often mistaken for a “bacon bit” has finally got the last laugh by getting inside people’s mouths on his own terms — as a dentist.

After drifting from job to job (once as an ant impersonator,  later as a clothes peg) Tom DeLisle, 28, has found employment after passing dentist school.

“Those jerks at Cirque du Soleil can shove their minimum wage up their freakishly flexible asses … I’m a doctor now!” he kept repeating during the surgery.

The heavily sedated patient was unable to comment due to excruciating pain, but has vowed to floss more often.