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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/macing13 on 2025-09-13 23:24:46+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about tooth-in-eye surgery, a surgery for restoring vision where a tooth implanted in the eye. For the surgery, the patient has a tooth removed and shaped, a plastic lens added, and put into their cheek for a few months to allow flesh to grow around it, then removed and implanted into their eye.