The complex procedure involves extracting a patient’s canine tooth, adding a plastic optical lens to it and surgically ...

This modified tooth is then temporarily implanted into the patient's cheek, where it develops new tissue and vascularization.

Osteo-odonto keratoprosthesis, more commonly known as “tooth-in-eye” surgery, involves harvesting the body’s strongest natural substance to craft a specialized lens implant for patients with ...

Her surgery was performed by Dr. Greg Moloney, an ophthalmologist at Providence Health Care in Vancouver who's previously carried out the tooth-in-eye procedure on seven patients in his home ...

Brent Chapman, a 33-year-old from North Vancouver in Canada, is one of the first Canadians to undergo osteoodonto keratoprosthesis (OOKP), commonly known as tooth-in-eye surgery. Initially ...

The tooth-in-eye procedure involves extracting one of the patient’s teeth– typically a canine– and placing a small optical lens inside. This modified tooth is then implanted in the patient ...

After years of blindness, Brent Chapman underwent tooth-in-eye surgery in Canada, where a tooth is used to implant a lens in the eye. A man in Canada had his eyesight restored after doctors ...

This modified tooth is then temporarily implanted into the patient's cheek, where it develops new tissue and vascularization. Meanwhile, the eye is prepared to receive the implant. Surgeons remove ...