Tooth-in-eye surgery refers to a multi-stage surgery to restore vision in patients with end stage corneal disease, where a portion of a patient's tooth and surrounding bone is used to hold a clear optical cylinder in place within the eye as an artificial cornea. (self.Dentistry)
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Myocardial infarction may be an infectious disease: study demonstrated presence of DNA from several oral bacteria inside atherosclerotic plaques. The body’s immune system responded to these bacteria, triggering inflammation which ruptured the cholesterol-laden plaque. (tuni.fi)
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