Three blind Canadians regained their sight this year and three more are in line to recover theirs in the coming months, all of them thanks to their own tooth being attached to their eyeball.

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While that may sound macabre to some, the highly specialized ophthalmological procedure initially devised in the 1960s has been nothing short of miraculous for the hundreds of patients who’ve undergone it, many of whom have been blessed with sight for decades afterward.

The osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis operation (OOKP), often aptly referred to as tooth-in-eye surgery, is being performed at Vancouver’s Mount Saint Joseph Hospital by Dr. Greg Moloney, three other specialized physicians and a team of highly trained staff.

It’s taken a lot of work and considerable fundraising to est

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