Tooth in the eye surgery: Eye up the dentist

  • A patient
A patient's tooth is used to make a lent for the eye
 

Ever said you would “Give your eye teeth” for something? Well, with tooth in the eye surgery you can - literally! This extraordinary technique can restore sight to patients suffering certain forms of vision loss. One of their teeth is removed, cut, drilled, filled with optical material, grown in the patients’ cheek for months, and finally implanted into their eye!