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Blind woman regains sight with tooth for an eye
Erick | Sep 17 2009

Doctors in the United States have performed a vision-restoring operation that used the 60-year-old patient’s tooth.

A rare condition that destroys cells on the eye’s surface left Sharron ‘Kay’ Thornton blind for nearly a decade.

Earlier this month, doctors used a tooth and part of the lining from her cheek to create a ‘window’ that allows light into the eye.

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