From Global News.

When Gail Lane went blind 11 years ago, she didn’t think she’d ever be able to see again.

“It was like an overnight thing,” the 75-year-old from Victoria, B.C., said.

In the years that followed, she adjusted to unsighted life: navigating her apartment by touch, using a cane on the street, accessing the web through vocal and audio tools.

Then, three years ago, she was offered a tantalizing opportunity. Her ophthalmologist told her she was a candidate for a rare surgery that could potentially restore her vision.

The concept isn’t for the faint of heart. The procedure — which Lane was one of the first three people in Canada to receive earlier this year — involves embedding one of the patient’s own teeth, modified with a telescopic lens, in their eye.

Global’s Kylie Stanton reports.

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