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 ...

When the tooth composite with its layer of tissue is ready, this flap of skin sewn on the eye is lifted, the damaged iris and lens are removed, and the tooth composite is inserted.

A tooth to restore vision: what seems like something out of a science fiction novel is, in fact, a medical reality. A rare procedure, called osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis (OOKP), uses a tooth to ...

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 ...

Some specialists say procedure is too complex to catch on in U.S. In the end, it was one of her teeth and a procedure surgeons said was never before done in the United States that restored her sight.

A blind Canadian man could soon see again thanks to a surprising source: his teeth. Yes, you read that right. Earlier this week, Brent Chapman underwent one of Canada’s first-ever “tooth in ...

A trio of Canadians are on track to become the country’s first residents to have their eyesight restored thanks in part to their teeth. Osteo-odonto keratoprosthesis, more commonly known as ...

What if we told you the answer to blindness might lie in your own tooth? It might sound like something straight out of a science fiction plot, but this incredible surgery is changing lives– and ...

The complex procedure involves extracting a patient’s canine tooth, adding a plastic optical lens to it and surgically embedding it in the eye Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent Gail Lane lost her ...

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 ...

A surgeon has perfected a 60-year-old procedure to restore the eyesight of a man who was suddenly blinded after a freak allergic reaction. Brent Chapman was just 13 when he took two ibuprofen ...