Blind man sees wife for first time after having a tooth implanted into his eye


When Martin Jones met his wife four years ago, he never imagined that one day he would get to see what she looked like.

The 42-year-old builder was left blind after an accident at work more than a decade ago.

But a remarkable operation – which implants part of his tooth in his eye – has now pierced his world of darkness.

The procedure, performed fewer than 50 times before in Britain, uses the segment of tooth as a holder for a new lens grafted from his skin.

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WifeGeeding and I will be seeing an eye surgeon this Thursday, so maybe this will be an option.

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