Tooth-in-Eye Surgery Restores Sight

Sharon K. Thornton, blinded by Steven Johnson Syndrome, regained sight after a procedure called modified osteoodontocaratoprosthesis.
Doctors implanted her own tooth in her eye, creating a new cornea.

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