Woman Can Now See Through Her Tooth After Losing Her Sight a Decade Ago

How a blind Canadian woman can now see through her tooth

Gail Lane, a 75-year-old Canadian woman, regained vision after a decade of suffering from visual impairment; she had damaged her corneas due to an autoimmune disorder. However, through a very rare procedure, osteo-odonto keratoprosthesis, or colloquially known as "tooth-in-eye" surgery, she can now see again

Woman can now see through her tooth after losing her sight a decade ago

The procedure involved stitching the tooth to her eye socket and it's helped her regain her vision - seeing her dog for the first time.

Rare tooth-in-eye surgery restores B.C. man’s vision

For the first time, a Canadian doctor performed tooth-in-eye surgery to restore the vision of a B.C. man who’d been blind for 21 years. The intensive involves removing a patient's tooth, inserting a plastic lens into it and stitching the whole thing into the patient's eye socket.

A decade after losing her sight - woman can see again through her tooth

A woman who lost her sight a decade ago has regained her vision after a groundbreaking surgical procedure.A woman got her eyesight back. Credit: FG Trade / GettyGail Lane lost her vision ten years ago when an autoimmune disorder caused permanent scarring to her corneas.“It was sad,” she told Global News. “I thought about all the things I couldn’t suddenly see, and would I ever be able to see them again?”Now, after a decade in darkness, the 75-ye…