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 ...

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

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

When Brent Chapman’s doctor first pitched him on the idea of having one of his own teeth surgically embedded in his eye to restore his sight, he says he felt “a little apprehensive.” ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. This one's true. The procedure involves removing ...