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

When Brent Chapman first heard his doctor suggest surgically implanting one of his own teeth into his eye to restore his vision, he admits he felt apprehensive. But after speaking to an Australian ...

A tooth to restore vision: what seems like something out of a science fiction novel is, in fact, a medical reality. A rare procedure, called osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis (OOKP), uses a tooth ...

It's a type of eye surgery where a doctor removes the vitreous, a jelly-like fluid inside your eye, and replaces it with a saline solution. A vitrectomy is an eye surgery that replaces your eye ...

First, a tooth is removed, shaped and fitted with a lens. The patient’s eye is prepared by removing scar tissue and inserting soft cheek tissue. The tooth is then implanted in the cheek to grow ...

Baylor Medicine offers the Graston Technique® for injury treatment and rehabilitation. This remarkable procedure allows us to detect and treat areas of “scar tissue” or adhesions in muscles, tendons ...