Video: doctors implant tooth into eye, restore sight, creep everyone out

Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis. It's a real procedure that really does revive people's ability to see, yet we get the feeling that people will be more, um, excited about how it's done than why it's done. The seemingly Mary Shelley-inspired doctors extract a tooth from a blind person and drill a hole through it, where a prosthetic lens is placed, and the resulting macabre construction is implanted into the blind person's eye. The tooth is necessary as the body would reject an artificial base. It's not at all pretty, and it cannot repair every type of blindness, but it's still a major step forward. To hear from Sharron Thornton, the first American to have undergone the procedure, check the video after the break, but only if you can handle mildly graphic content -- you've been warned.

[Via Daily Tech]

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[(Unverified) Posted Sep 23rd 2009 9:10PM]

She's gonna have to wear braces on her eye because
I can see that her eyetooth isn't straight!

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 23rd 2009 11:11PM]

this is by far the creepiest and coolest thing UM has ever done... SO PROUD TO BE A STUDENT AT UMiami... lol. Go Canes!

[psn smkalot Posted Sep 24th 2009 4:05AM]

Please.. Step off the train now. The brainwashing is officially complete.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 24th 2009 8:07AM]

WOW ! The marvel of modern technology. As they say "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." Give technology more time. I'm sure as it advances, they will improve the looks too.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 24th 2009 12:04PM]

Actually, the saying is "Beauty is in the eye-TOOTH of the beholder"...

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 25th 2009 11:16AM]

So, now that they've got it right with this bag-lady, they can start fixing up smart folks?

[Inominavell Posted Sep 27th 2009 11:46PM]

now she can eat (or at least chew) with her eyes.. :P