News Score: Score the News, Sort the News, Rewrite the Headlines

For the 1st time in Canada, surgeons put teeth in patients' eyes to restore sight

As It Happens7:03For the 1st time in Canada, surgeons are putting teeth in patients' eyes to restore sightWhen Brent Chapman's doctor first pitched him on the idea of having one of his own teeth surgically embedded in his eye to restore his sight, he says he felt "a little apprehensive."But then he spoke to a woman in Australia who had undergone the same procedure to tremendous success. "She had been completely blind for 20 years, and is now snow skiing," Chapman, 33, of North Vancouver, said. "...

Read more at cbc.ca

© News Score  score the news, sort the news, rewrite the headlines