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Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis (OOKP), also known as "tooth in eye" surgery, [1] is a medical procedure to restore vision in the most severe cases of corneal and ocular surface patients. It includes removal of a tooth from the patient or a donor.
Using a procedure called osteo-odonto-keratoprothesis (OOKP), or tooth-in-eye surgery, a doctor can implant part of your tooth into a blinded eye and restore sight. It sounds like something from a sketchy B-grade science fiction movie, but this operation has actually been around for decades.
An osteo-odonto keratoprosthesis (OOKP) is a type of prosthetic cornea. OOKP surgery, also called tooth in eye surgery, is a multi-stage procedure to create the prosthetic and implant it in the eye. The OOKP is made partly of tooth and jawbone tissue to help prevent rejection of the implant.
Doctors in Florida are the first in the United States to restore a woman's vision by implanting a section of her tooth into her eye, in a surgery called modified osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis (MOOKP).
This complicated and laborious multidisciplinary procedure consists of replacing the ocular surface with a full-thickness oral mucosa graft that provides sustenance to a polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) optical cylinder embedded and supported by the patient’s tooth and alveolar bone.
And a Tooth for an Eye: The Osteo-Odonto-Keratoprosthesis Procedure Explained. Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis (OOKP) is often the sole and last treatment option for visual rehabilitation in severe corneal blindness. Until now there has been no educational video for this complicated procedure.
Delve into the potential of OOKP for restoring vision for patients with severe ocular conditions. Explore the procedure, benefits, risks, and recent advances in this innovative tooth-in-eye surgery.
Stage 1 surgery involves covering the ocular surface with buccal mucous membrane graft as well as harvesting a tooth for preparation of OOKP lamina. If the eye is very dry or there is risk if the mucous membrane graft not taking, it may be better to perform Stage 1 surgery into two steps.
Sir, osteo-odonto keratoprosthesis (OOKP), also known as 'tooth in eye surgery', is a unique form of artificial cornea surgery to restore the vision of patients with the most severe,...
Treatment Options. For patients with irreversibly damaged corneas, corneal transplantation is often the only available treatment for restoring vision. In keratoplasty (KP), the diseased cornea is replaced with corneal tissue from a dead donor, and it remains the treatment of choice for most cases of severe corneal disease.