Surgeons implant teeth in patients’ eyes to restore vision
Pioneered by Italian ophthalmologist Benedetto Strampelli in the early 1960s, tooth-in-eye surgery is intended to minimize ...
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Sounds Like Science Fiction: Doctors Implant a Tooth in a Man’s Eye—Now He Can See Again
When Brent Chapman first heard his doctor suggest surgically implanting one of his own teeth into his eye to restore his vision, he admits he felt apprehensive. But after speaking to an Australian ...
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Surgeons Are Conducting Rare ‘Tooth-in-Eye’ Surgeries to Restore Vision to Blind Patients in Canada
The complex procedure involves extracting a patient’s canine tooth, adding a plastic optical lens to it and surgically ...
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Eye surgeons turn to teeth in astonishing vision treatments
A surgical procedure to restore the power of sight to blind patients using their teeth is slowly gaining traction around the world, with Canada opening its first clinic for this treatment.
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Canadian Surgeons Put 'Tooth' In Blind Woman's Eye To Restore Her Vision
After a decade of blindness, Gail Lane, a Canadian woman, is hoping to regain her sight thanks to a rare and innovative procedure known as "tooth-in-eye" surgery. Performed at Mount Saint Joseph ...
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Canadian first surgery to restore vision
Explore the groundbreaking Canadian first surgery to restore vision for patients affected by Stevens Johnson Syndrome and ...