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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Surgeons In Canada Implant Man's Tooth In His Eye To Restore Vision-Here's How It Works
A blind man in Canada has got his tooth implanted in his eye as a part of a rare surgery. As per doctors, teeth contain dentin, which is the ideal tissue to house a plastic lens without the body ...
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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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Blind Canadian man has his own tooth surgically implanted in his eye to restore his sight
Yes, you read that right. Earlier this week, Brent Chapman underwent one of Canada’s first-ever “tooth in eye” surgeries. While it might sound like something straight out of science fiction ...
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Doctors implant tooth in blind man's eye to restore his vision in groundbreaking surgery
tooth-in-eye surgery. Many would be confused to see teeth being used to restore sight but doctors told Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) that the procedure has been performed for several ...