Surgery implants tooth into eyeball to help blind patients see again

Canadian surgeons are giving new meaning to the term 'eye teeth' by transplanting patients' own teeth into their eyes to restore vision.
The surgery, known as osteo-odonto keratoprosthesis (OOKP), involves removing a patient's canine tooth, installing a plastic optical lens inside it, and implanting the modified tooth into the eye. — Read the rest
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