Custom-made ocular prosthesis

J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2012 Aug;4(Suppl 2):S177-9. doi: 10.4103/0975-7406.100264.

Abstract

An ocular defect may affect a patient psychologically. An ocular prosthesis is given to uplift the patient psychologically and improve the confidence. Ocular prosthesis can be custom made or a stock shell. To improve the comfort and matching of the prosthesis with that of the adjacent natural eye an custom made ocular prosthesis is preferred. Different techniques are available to fabricate a custom ocular prosthesis, here we have used paper iris disk technique.

Keywords: Iris painting; Ocular impression; ocular prosthesis; scleral blank.

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