For the 1st time in Canada, surgeons put teeth in patients’ eyes to restore sight
As It Happens7:03For the 1st time in Canada, surgeons are putting teeth in patients' eyes to restore sightWhen Brent Chapman's doctor first pitched him on the idea of having one of his own teeth surgically embedded in his eye to restore his sight, he says he felt "a little apprehensive."But then he spoke to a woman in Australia who had undergone the same procedure to tremendous success.ย "She had been completely blind for 20 years, and is now snow skiing," Chapman, 33, of North Vancouver, said. "I know it sounds a little crazy and science fiction-y."Chapman, who is blind in both eyes, is one of three Canadians undergoing osteo-odontoย keratoprosthesis (OOKP) โ or as it's more commonly known, tooth-in-eye surgery โ at a B.C. hospital this week.It involves removing a patient's tooth, usually t...