This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Lending a whole new meaning to the term “eyetooth,” Miami surgeons have ...
A 7-year-old boy who had experienced months of constant redness and itching in his eye found relief when clinicians removed a mature tooth from the eye, according to a case report published on April 9 ...
When Brent Chapman was 13, he took ibuprofen during a Christmas basketball game. It was a drug he had taken before, but what happened next was anything but routine: He had a severe reaction that ...
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What exactly is tooth-in-eye surgery, and how does it help people see again? Picture a solution so unusual it sounds like ...
Sudden blindness striking days after a routine tooth pull feels like a nightmare no one sees coming. This real case, handled by vitreoretinal specialist Dr. Ashish Markan, involved a diabetic woman ...
Usually when you lose a tooth, the Tooth Fairy will put a quarter or some chocolate under your pillow. If you have rich parents, you might even get a dollar. But for 60-year-old Sharron Thornton, ...
Brent Chapman can see again after doctors pulled out one of his teeth, flattened it, drilled a hole in it, placed a lens inside and implanted the tooth in one of his eyes. It seems bizarre, but the ...
A Canadian man has regained his eyesight after 20 years, thanks to a rare and complex “tooth-in-eye” surgery. Brent Chapman, 34, from North Vancouver was 13 years old when he went blind after taking ...