When Brent Chapman first heard his doctor suggest surgically implanting one of his own teeth into his eye to restore his ...

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

A surgical procedure to restore the power of sight to blind patients using their teeth is slowly gaining traction around the ...

Gail Lane lost her eyesight ten years ago, the result of a bad reaction to prescription drugs. For the last decade, the ...

Gail Lane has never seen the face of the man she loves. A decade ago, she lost her vision, leaving her with only memories of ...

A blind Canadian man is set to have his own tooth implanted into his eye in a bid to regain his sight. Brent Chapman is ...

F or the first time in Canada, surgeons have successfully carried out the first stage of a procedure involving implanting a ...

In a groundbreaking procedure, Brent Chapman from North Vancouver is one of the first Canadians to receive tooth-in-eye ...

The procedure is used to treat severe corneal blindness, especially in cases where traditional corneal transplants are not an ...

A story that seems hard to believe claims Canada has just performed its first surgery in which a tooth is put in a patient's eye to restore sight.

Gail Lane, who went blind a decade ago, had the first part of her surgery at Mount Saint Joseph Hospital in Vancouver.