The complex procedure involves extracting a patient’s canine tooth, adding a plastic optical lens to it and surgically ...

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

Three blind Canadians could soon see again thanks to a surprising source: their teeth. Yes, you read that right. Over the past week, the trio of patients underwent Canada’s first-ever “tooth in eye” ...

An ancient human tooth belonging to a child and stunning figurines were recently uncovered at the Acropolis of Amphipolis.

Science A tooth to restore vision: what seems like something out of a science fiction novel is, in fact, a medical reality.

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

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

tooth-in-eye surgery — involves removing a patient's tooth, drilling a hole in it, and using it as a casing for a small lens. (Greg Moloney/Providence Health Care ) It's not a cure-all for every ...

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