Tooth Used To Save Woman’s Sight

A blind woman can see again thanks to UK surgeons who used her own teeth to restore her vision. Judith Smith, 42, who has been blind for more nearly 15 years, had a revolutionary operation called osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis or OOKP. She travelled from her home in Teesside to Sussex Eye Hospital, Brighton, which is pioneering the procedure. It is an option for people with corneal blindness which has not been amenable to conventional eye surgery.

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