Vol. 11 No. 1 (2012): Mapana Journal of Sciences
Research Accounts

Custom Made Movable Ocular Prosthesis: Esthetics for Social Acceptance

  • Ravindra C Savadi,
  • Anupama Savadi,
  • Satheesh Kumar,
  • Preeti Satheesh
Ravindra C Savadi
Maxillofacial Prosthodontist, Department of Prosthodontics, The Oxford Dental College, Hospital & Research Centre, Bangalore
Anupama Savadi
Department of Orthodontics, The Oxford Dental College, Hospital & Research Centre, Bangalore
Satheesh Kumar
Maxillofacial Prosthodontist, Department of Prosthodontics, The Oxford Dental College, Hospital & Research Centre, Bangalore.
Preeti Satheesh
Maxillofacial Prosthodontist, Department of Prosthodontics, The Oxford Dental College, Hospital & Research Centre, Bangalore
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12723/mjs.20.5

Published 2021-11-28

Keywords

  • eye-making,
  • prosthesis,
  • ocular,
  • prosthodontics

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Abstract

An artificial eye is a prosthetic unit that serves to replace the lost orbital volume when the living eye is either shrunken or surgically removed. The custom prostheses are made to adapt to the contour of the orbital tissues and eyelids, and colored to match the companion eye. Although implant eye prosthesis has a superior outcome, due to economic factors it may not be advisable in all patients. Therefore, a custom-made ocular prosthesis is an excellent alternative. But the common failing of such custom made ocular prosthesis has been that there is no or very limited mobility of the eye prosthesis, which marks it as what it is, an artificial prosthesis. In the following clinical report it will be demonstrated with the help of a patient the use of a movable custom made ocular prosthesis, which shows marked mobility.

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