Volume 24, Issue 105, September - October, 2020

A simple technique for orientation of iris disc in custom made ocular prosthesis using a transparent graph grid- A case report

Varadharaju Vinutha Kumari^1♦, Sami Alduwayhi¹, Saquib Ahmed Shaikh¹, Meena kumarai Chikkanna², Narendranath Kumar Ajay³, Lavanya Thota⁴

¹Assistant professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah, Saudi Arabia.
²Professor, Department of Restorative Dental Science, Faculty of Dentistry, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah, Saudi Arabia.
³Surgical Oncology Resident, Malabar Cancer Centre, Kerala, India.
⁴Assistant professor, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah, Saudi Arabia.

^♦Corresponding author
Assistant professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah, Saudi Arabia; Email: doc.vinuta@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

An ocular prosthesis restores the confidence and self-esteem of the patient. Various techniques have been in use to fabricate such prostheses. A custom made ocular prosthesis provides with better adaptation and esthetics over stock eye prosthesis. To improve upon the custom made ocular prosthesis, the position of the iris in the natural contralateral eye can be traced to guide in positioning the iris disc in the ocular prosthesis. In this case, report a simple and cost-effective method is described to position the iris in a custom ocular prosthesis.

Keywords: Ocular prosthesis, artificial eye, Iris positioning, custom eye prosthesis, Sclera

Medical Science, 2020, 24(105), 3555-3560

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