Smiling Eyes: New Ocular Surgical Procedure Repairs Bad Vision Using Teeth - Yes, TEETH!

Posted • March 3, 2025: Smiling with one’s eyes has taken on a whole new meaning. Your teeth can now be used to fix some vision problems. As bizarre as it sounds it’s the 'tooth.' —— “Canadian man undergoes "tooth in eye" surgery to restore his sight, the first of its kind in Canada. The procedure uses a tooth of the patient to be used as a structure for an artificial cornea. Before the tooth can be put in the eye, it is placed in the cheek, following it being shaved into a rectangle. A hole is drilled in the tooth and a lens is placed inside. The tooth is then implanted in the cheek for three months."[The tooth] doesn’t have any connective tissue that I can actually pass a suture through to connect it to the eyeball. So the point of implanting it for three months is for it to gain the layer of supporting tissue," said Dr. Greg Moloney. Patient Brent Chapman has already had the first surgery and will be going onto phase 2 when it's time to remove the tooth from the cheek.”

“The second surgery will require doctors to remove Chapman's iris and lens, before sewing the tooth into his eye. If successful, Chapman will be able to see through the small hole.” —— It still seems too strange to be true. It’s certainly something that’s come completely out of nowhere. Did not have ‘TEETH CAN SEE” on my bingo card. But… 2025, so… A pretty bizarre procedure. I'm just wondering how someone came up with this. A plastic surgeon on X volunteered some background. He says similar procedures are used in repairing damaged noses. “From a plastic surgery perspective, it’s very innovative and uses concepts we already use elsewhere. Tooth is (somewhat) disposable. It’s your own. Use it for structure. Leave it in cheek to grow tissue for suturing and blood flow. Transfer to eye where you suture it. Beautiful.” (…)

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