Tech: Tooth used to restore eyesight

[dracodraconis]

A 57 year-old man, blinded since a workplace accident, had his eyesight restored thanks to an operation in which a portion of his son's canine tooth was used to hold an artificial cornea. He says he now looks a bit like Terminator, but is happy to be able to see his family again. Found on interactiveleaf.

Comments

[ancalagon-tb.livejournal.com]

that is really, really, really cool

[dracodraconis.livejournal.com]

An odd and convoluted method, but it seems to work (at least 65% of the time they estimate).

[ancalagon-tb.livejournal.com]

I just wished there was a more scientific explanation of the process - I can make a guess on how this makes you see, but it would be nice to have it spelled out.

[dracodraconis.livejournal.com]

Apparently the procedure has been around since the 1960s.

[ancalagon-tb.livejournal.com]

and I never heard about it? Damn.