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InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to Science@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months ago

Man, 34, has tooth implanted in eye to restore his vision. Tooth-in-eye surgery sounds like science fiction, but it can help people with severely damaged corneas see again.

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Man, 34, has tooth implanted in eye to restore his vision. Tooth-in-eye surgery sounds like science fiction, but it can help people with severely damaged corneas see again.

www.nbcboston.com

InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to Science@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months ago
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Man, 34, is no longer blind after tooth is implanted in eye in 'crazy' surgery
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Tooth-in-eye surgery sounds like science fiction, but it can help people with severely damaged corneas see again. A patient and his doctors describe what it's like.
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    A Bluesky post explanation

    TIL that for some people with irreparably damaged corneas, you can pull one of their teeth, drill a hole in it, install an artificial lens, sew it into their cheek (so tissue attaches), then pull it out and stick it in their damaged eye, and … it works fine!?!

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      what da fug.

      let me guess, blue cross blue shield says its elective dental work and therefore only covered up to 25% and just for the tooth extraction, but will cover 90% of a flesh-colored eye patch with a drawn eye on it that does not match your flesh or your eye.

    • Gosplan14_the_Third [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      Just how the fuck did they discover this lol

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        sometimes you just get stoned and slop together whatever in the kitchen

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        The same way you discover secrets in Doom: you walk into walls pressing the space bar until something opens up.

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