Key Points:
- Tooth-in-eye surgery helps Brent Chapman see with one eye. He went blind at 13 after a drug reaction
- Doctors shape a tooth to hold a small lens. They place it before the eye to guide light
- Brent calls the gain “a whole new world.” Tests show 20/30 sight in the treated eye
A 34-year-old man can see again today, happily. His name is Brent Chapman from North Vancouver. He lost sight at 13 after Stevens-Johnson syndrome. A harsh ibuprofen reaction caused that rare skin illness.
Brent met eye surgeon Dr Greg Moloney in Vancouver. The doctor works at Mount Saint Joseph Hospital. He urged a bold fix called tooth-in-eye surgery. Brent feared it first; hope soon grew strong.
How the tooth-in-eye method works
Surgeons take one healthy tooth from the patient. They shape it flat and drill one small hole. A tiny lens sits tight inside that hole. Later, the tooth block goes in front of the eye.
Because the tooth is his, his body stays calm. That choice lowers the chance of tissue rejection. The method began in the 1960s with few cases. Teams still use it for tough, scarred corneas today.
Doctor leads rare sight-restoring operation
Dr Moloney led each step with care and skill. Nurses tracked checks while techs set every tool. Right after surgery, Brent saw his hands move. Weeks later, tests showed 20/30 vision in one eye.
Joy poured out when nurses took off the shield. “I feel fantastic,” he told WABC later on. “Vision comes back, and it’s a whole new world.” He grinned wide as family held his hands.
Fans react as clip trends online
People joked and gasped on Instagram through the day. The buzz matched our Koyin interim HoH win last night.
@creativeoliver wrote, “Wait, you say wetin? He uses teeth to see?” He added, “Wetin be this, abeg, my people?”
@omaa_world posted, “Nothing I never see for social space.”
@charm___nova teased, “Well, Africans would have been praying for sight.”
@my___bbg added, “So teeth na connector now; they are not really telling us something.”
@hamid_ameh joked, “He is now a Corinthian,” online.
@thefoodnetworknig2 quipped, “I see with my tooth. Tekinologia.”
The same wild talk trailed Tracy’s exit last evening. Catch that mood in our Tracy eviction update.
Sight loss shapes how a person learns, works, and plays. Many fixes fail when the cornea stays scarred. This method gives such eyes a fresh light path. The lens sends light straight to the back.
Brent now plans tasks he once set aside. He reads signs and sees dear faces again. He walks with ease and hope each morning. Family and friends cheer the bright turn today.
