Prosthetic management with a scleral prosthesis: An ‘Eye on an Eye’

Eyes are an essential organ not only in terms of vision but also being an important component of facial expression. The loss of an eye has a crippling effect on the psychology of the patient. A natural eye is surgically removed by enucleation, evisceration or exenteration because of trauma, patholog...

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Published in:International ophthalmology 2014-04, Vol.34 (2), p.309-313
Main Authors: Koralakunte, Pavankumar R., Basavapura, Nandeeshwar D., Budihal, Dhanyakumar H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acrylic Resins
Aged
Case Report
Eye Enucleation - rehabilitation
Eye, Artificial
Humans
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Ophthalmology
Prosthesis Design
Sclera
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Summary:Eyes are an essential organ not only in terms of vision but also being an important component of facial expression. The loss of an eye has a crippling effect on the psychology of the patient. A natural eye is surgically removed by enucleation, evisceration or exenteration because of trauma, pathology or tumor. Treatment of such rehabilitation cases includes implant-retained and acrylic eye prostheses by a maxillofacial prosthodontist to restore the patient’s quality of life. For economic reasons, a removable acrylic prosthesis is preferred over an implant-retained prosthesis. Here, we describe a case of a customized acrylic scleral shell prosthesis which showed excellent retention and esthetics.
ISSN:0165-5701
1573-2630
DOI:10.1007/s10792-013-9778-7