It's nothing like as as grotesque as the headline makes it sound. Worth reading. Suggested headline: "Surgery implants tooth material in eye as scaffolding for lens" or something like that?
Heh, I'd argue it's grosser. It's the cheek thing for me.
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#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
Could you share the source you found please? Not that i’m doubting you. Just that i also did some poking around and found this statement published in 2013: “The Falcinelli OOKP (MOOKP), where adequately performed, is now recognised internationally as giving the best, long-term visual and retention results among all keratoprostheses, especially in a dry eye.” [1] Curious if the difference between what you found and wh…
I don't know, maybe I'm wrong? This was from casual searching a couple hours ago.
No worries, and thank you for giving it a thought!
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#53At first I was curious if they'd included any pictures of what it actually looks like, but when I saw the pictures I definitely came to doubt my decision. So for the feint of heart, beware.
Upvoted the post so more people will see the pictures. And because it's uh, interesting and stuff, of course!
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#54Brings new meaning to "eye tooth" - amirite?
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#55It's nothing like as as grotesque as the headline makes it sound. Worth reading. Suggested headline: "Surgery implants tooth material in eye as scaffolding for lens" or something like that?
Heh, I'd argue it's grosser. It's the cheek thing for me.
I mean it's a bit gross, but the version of the headline I saw made me think it was some kind of in-mouth camera and I was wondering how on earth they routed the optic nerve down there (silly of me perhaps, because I've read about this before, but that's how it took me initially).
Grossness aside, it's pretty interesting that the need for biocompatibility made this something worth considering at all though.
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#56So these sciency folks have managed to move tooth from the mouth to the eyes but still want to pluck some teeth off to move around some other teeth parked wrongly; and then expect me to have something installed forever to keep them in place, even after all that planned uprooting. Huh.
fwiw in the US, typically even extremely messed up teeth don't require removal to fix with orthodontics. Some ortho places will advocate it because it's easier. But if you get a few quotes in a big city usually someone can do it without pulling. Wisdom teeth often do require pulling cus they literally don't fit (idk if this is an evolution thing - were people losing teeth normally enough that a new one coming in wasn…
What are those procedures that I can discuss with an orthodontist? Because almost everybody here (not in US) tries to sell one package or the other and even with that they add teeth removal and life long retainer and what not.
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#57As someone with Type 2 diabetes, I am eternally grateful for everyone who works on future eye surgery advancements. Especially for people who work in tech, it's nearly a death sentence.