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 ...

Pioneered by Italian ophthalmologist Benedetto Strampelli in the early 1960s, tooth-in-eye surgery is intended to minimize ...

Her surgery was performed ... carried out the tooth-in-eye procedure on seven patients in his home country of Australia. A canine tooth (aka eyetooth) fitted with a plastic optical lens before ...

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 ...

A tooth with a plastic optical lens glued inside. Greg Moloney / Providence Health Care But tooth-in-eye surgery is not a fix ... who have suffered scarring or severe tissue damage to their ...

Explore the groundbreaking Canadian first surgery to restore vision for patients affected by Stevens Johnson Syndrome and ...

For the first time in Canada, surgeons have successfully carried out the first stage of a procedure involving implanting a tooth into the eyes of people with a type of severe blindness in the ...

Sturm Cosmetic Surgery closed for unknown reasons last month. Two former patients are sharing their experiences.