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

What exactly is tooth-in-eye surgery, and how does it help people see again? Picture a solution so unusual it sounds like ...

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

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

A generation ago, many people who lost teeth due to age-related complications typically wore dentures. Now, dental implants ...

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

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 ...

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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.

Dental implants have become one of the most sought-after solutions for replacing missing teeth, offering a permanent, natural ...