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Surgery implants tooth into eyeball to help blind patients see again

Ellsworth Toohey
Feb 28, 2025
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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 mo…

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