Man able to see again through his tooth
Man able to see again through his tooth
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Does that make it his eye tooth?
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Medical science is insane sometimes
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Imagine needing that surgery, that really bites
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Gnarly
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I thought he had transparent teeth from the headline.
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the corinthian from sandman.
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Did the Dr get a dentist to remove the tooth? Or can Dr's do dentist stuff and we've been tricked?
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Imagine going to a dentists and asking him to remove a healthy tooth so you can stick it in your eye...
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Apparently this surgery has been done since the 60's!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis
How the fuck did they figure that one out? Whoever had the idea was as odd a duck as the first person to make cheese.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0039625722000054
this sorta goes into the ideas behind corneal implants in general, and why people would think using parts of your own body is a good idea, but i want to know what he was doing when he first thought "why not teeth?"
Grow your tooth into an eye while it's implanted in your cheek. Totally normal
Thanks, I hate it