Custom Ocular Prosthesis: A Case Report

Ocular prostheses play a vital role in restoring the appearance and functionality of the eye for individuals who have suffered from eye loss due to trauma, surgery, tumors, or congenital eye defects. This case report presents the successful fabrication and fitting of a custom-made ocular prosthesis...

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Autores principales: Colvenkar, Shreya, Thushara, Shetti, Maheshwar Reddy, Gona, Shamili, Siliveri, Vijay, Linju
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Dentistry
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10387190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37525767
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41176
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author Colvenkar, Shreya
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description Ocular prostheses play a vital role in restoring the appearance and functionality of the eye for individuals who have suffered from eye loss due to trauma, surgery, tumors, or congenital eye defects. This case report presents the successful fabrication and fitting of a custom-made ocular prosthesis for a patient with an eye defect. The process involved careful examination and digital imaging for the fabrication of prostheses. The custom prosthesis provided an excellent aesthetic match, improved comfort, and enhanced the patient's self-confidence, ultimately leading to an improved quality of life.
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spelling pubmed-103871902023-07-31 Custom Ocular Prosthesis: A Case Report Colvenkar, Shreya Thushara, Shetti Maheshwar Reddy, Gona Shamili, Siliveri Vijay, Linju Cureus Dentistry Ocular prostheses play a vital role in restoring the appearance and functionality of the eye for individuals who have suffered from eye loss due to trauma, surgery, tumors, or congenital eye defects. This case report presents the successful fabrication and fitting of a custom-made ocular prosthesis for a patient with an eye defect. The process involved careful examination and digital imaging for the fabrication of prostheses. The custom prosthesis provided an excellent aesthetic match, improved comfort, and enhanced the patient's self-confidence, ultimately leading to an improved quality of life. Cureus 2023-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC10387190/ /pubmed/37525767 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41176 Text en Copyright © 2023, Colvenkar et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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