Comments on: Tooth helps restore eyesight? Authors ran out of time?

By: Kozak

Kozak — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:02:56 +0000

Yeah, I could see where it might be confusing for someone not in medicine. Not sure if it was because it was written by someone who didn’t really understand it, or by someone who just assumed more knowledge by the readers and didn’t explain it enough.

By: 56Coop

56Coop — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:39:26 +0000

OK, OK forget about my wierd mind (see post re: Sutton).

By: awhayes

awhayes — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:21:47 +0000

Kozak – very helpful! I wish you had written this article! You explained in a paragraph what the authors couldn’t in several pages. As an apparent medical person, can you understand why I as a non-medical person had trouble accepting this article as it was written?

By: Kozak

Kozak — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:38:24 +0000

Teeth are extremely hard and long lasting (they last a lifetime), and they bond with bone, in this case they implant the tooth and it’s piece of jaw bone into the orbital bone (the bone of the eye socket) to hold the lens in the proper position for the woman to see. The tooth and attached bone needs a blood supply to survive so placing it in a pocket in the body is needed . The tooth develops a blood supply, has time to bond to the lens, and is ready to go when it’s time to implant in the orbit. They probably placed the transplant just under the skin or muscle of the chest wall, so “inside the chest” is a little bit of an exaggeration.