| Literature DB >> 28274064 |
Chetan Pathak1, Salil Pawah2, Gurpreet Singh3, Ila Yadav3, Shrey Kundra4.
Abstract
The special sensory organs play significant role in our daily lives. Until one of them is totally or partially lost, its real value is not fully appreciated. The most tragic, yet common loss of sensory organ is that of an eye. Restoration of unilateral ocular defects is very challenging for a maxillofacial prosthodontist and requires great skill to mimic bilateral eye. Restoration of bilateral defects using customized eye prosthesis presents even more difficult task for clinician especially in communication with patient, impression procedures, and patient education regarding insertion, removal and maintenance of prosthesis. Such loss of eyes may have a tremendous emotional and psychological impact on the patient. This article presents a technique for fabrication of bilateral ocular prosthesis of completely blind patient.Entities:
Keywords: Eye prosthesis; Maxillofacial; Retinal atrophy; Scleral shell prosthesis
Year: 2017 PMID: 28274064 PMCID: PMC5324509 DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2017/24434.9151
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Diagn Res ISSN: 0973-709X