Rarest Eye Surgery brought back vision after 20 years.

Sept 2025 : A blind man can see for the first time in more than 20 years after undergoing a rare “tooth-in-eye” surgery. Brent Chapman, 34, of North Vancouver, Canada, lost his vision when he was 13 years old after experiencing an extremely rare allergic reaction to Ibuprofen, known as Stevens-Johnson syndrome. The illness left him blind in both eyes, and he spent the next two decades seeking out treatments to restore his vision.

None of the treatments Chapman tried proved successful long-term, which is when he ultimately connected with Dr. Greg Moloney, an ophthalmologist at Providence Health Care’s Mount Saint Joseph Hospital in Vancouver.

Dr. Moloney suggested the rare “tooth-in-eye” procedure on Chapman’s right eye. The surgery — which was developed in the 1960s and has only been performed on several hundred people worldwide — entails multiple steps.

The patient’s tooth is pulled and then flattened, and a small hole is then drilled in the center. A prosthetic lens is fitted over the hole, and the tooth is ultimately placed at the front of the patient’s eye, where they can see through the new lens.

Dr. Moloney explained that a tooth from the patient is used because it decreases the chances that the body will perceive the object as a foreign body and reject it. “Usually, the reaction is shock and surprise and frank disbelief that the procedure even exists”, Dr. Moloney told the media personnel while elaborating the treatment.

Even the patient Brent Chapman was initially unconvinced about the procedure which sounded like something impractical. “It sounded a kind of little science fictions. I was like, who thought of this? Like, this is so crazy”, he told the media. However, the results spoke for themselves. He was immediately able to perceive his hands moving in front of him when he woke up from the surgery, and had 20/40 or 20/30 vision in the eye after it had fully healed. “I feel fantastic. Vision comes back, and it’s a whole new world”.

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