When a routine tooth extraction triggers a sight-threatening eye emergency days later

A diabetic woman faced sudden blindness after a tooth extraction. Doctors diagnosed a severe eye infection, metastatic ...
People

Blind Man, 34, Can Now See After Having His Tooth Implanted in His Eye in 'Science Fictiony' Surgery

Brent Chapman lost his vision at 13 years old after experiencing a rare allergic reaction Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared ...
DrBicuspid

Shiny mature tooth removed from 7-year-old boy's eye

A 7-year-old boy who had experienced months of constant redness and itching in his eye found relief when clinicians removed a mature tooth from the eye, according to a case report published on April 9 ...
CNN

Rare ‘tooth-in-eye’ surgery restores man’s vision after two decades

When Brent Chapman was 13, he took ibuprofen during a Christmas basketball game. It was a drug he had taken before, but what happened next was anything but routine: He had a severe reaction that ...