From Vancouver Sun:
Lane will become the first patient in Canada to undergo a rare and bizarre procedure that could restore her vision: One of her teeth will be extracted, a hole will be drilled into the tooth, a lens will be glued inside, and then the tooth will be sewn into her left eye.
It sounds crazy, Providence Health ophthalmologist Dr. Greg Moloney admits, but he’s performed osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis, also known as tooth-in-eye surgery, on seven patients in his home country of Australia.