F or the first time in Canada, surgeons have successfully carried out the first stage of a procedure involving implanting a ...

The complex procedure involves extracting a patient’s canine tooth, adding a plastic optical lens to it and surgically ...

A trio of Canadians are on track to become the country’s first residents to have their eyesight restored thanks in part to their teeth ... as “tooth-in-eye” surgery, involves harvesting ...

In a groundbreaking procedure, Brent Chapman from North Vancouver is one of the first Canadians to receive tooth-in-eye ...

A blind Canadian woman, Gail Lane, is undergoing a groundbreaking "tooth-in-eye" surgery at Mount Saint Joseph Hospital in ...

In a social media post, he said: 'I'm currently in hospital as I have to have an operation today. 'Some of you might remember that a few months back I found a lump and had gone to my GP and was ...

Gail Lane, blind for a decade, underwent the first part of an innovative surgery at Vancouver's Mount Saint Joseph Hospital.

A blind Canadian man is set to have his own tooth implanted into his eye in a bid to regain his sight. Brent Chapman is ...

Teeth are used because their dentine is strong and resistant to rejection. The surgery, led by Dr. Greg Moloney at Mount Saint Joseph Hospital in Vancouver, has never been performed in Canada before.

The procedure is used to treat severe corneal blindness, especially in cases where traditional corneal transplants are not an ...