Miracle eye surgery to bring patients sight back
Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis is a medical procedure involving sewing a tooth onto a blind person’s eyeball. Doctors use the patient’s own tooth and drill a hole and plastic lens is fixed inside. The lens reflect light onto the back of the eye like what happens with the lens of a… pic.twitter.com/uUwKPIcEoP
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Who is a candidate for tooth in eye surgery? The OOKP procedure is only used in extreme circumstances, and candidates must meet certain criteria. Like with any surgery, these criteria help ensure a good outcome. The most important criteria for tooth in eye surgery include:
Bilateral corneal blindness – People who still have vision in one eye are not candidates for such a major procedure.
Exhaustion of other options – Tooth in eye surgery is only performed as a last resort after other options have failed.
Good general eye health – People who have retinal disease or damage, glaucoma, or other optic nerve damage are not ideal candidates.
Good oral and dental health – Tooth in eye surgery requires healthy tooth, jaw and cheek tissue to create the prosthetic cornea.
Mature dental arches – Younger patients whose dental arches are still developing are not candidates.
