Prosthetic management of an ocular defect

The disfigurement associated with the loss of an eye can cause significant physical and emotional problems. Various treatment modalities are available, one of which is implants. Although implant has a superior outcome, it may not be advisable in all patients due to economic factors. The present arti...

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Autores principales: Kumar Ch., Siddesh, Sajjan, Chandra Shekar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2010
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3220113/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22114418
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-237X.72795
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description The disfigurement associated with the loss of an eye can cause significant physical and emotional problems. Various treatment modalities are available, one of which is implants. Although implant has a superior outcome, it may not be advisable in all patients due to economic factors. The present article describes the prosthetic management of an ocular defect with a custom-made ocular prosthesis.
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spelling pubmed-32201132011-11-23 Prosthetic management of an ocular defect Kumar Ch., Siddesh Sajjan, Chandra Shekar Contemp Clin Dent Case Report The disfigurement associated with the loss of an eye can cause significant physical and emotional problems. Various treatment modalities are available, one of which is implants. Although implant has a superior outcome, it may not be advisable in all patients due to economic factors. The present article describes the prosthetic management of an ocular defect with a custom-made ocular prosthesis. Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC3220113/ /pubmed/22114418 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-237X.72795 Text en Copyright: © Contemporary Clinical Dentistry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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