Custom-made ocular prosthesis
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...
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| author | Rajkumar Gunaseelaraj Suma Karthikeyan Mohan N Kumar T Balamurugan A R Jagadeeshwaran |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-49504e07ba4748529c365a17f1dc754a2022-12-21T23:20:28ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences0975-74060976-48792012-01-014617717910.4103/0975-7406.100264Custom-made ocular prosthesisRajkumar GunaseelarajSuma KarthikeyanMohan N KumarT BalamuruganA R JagadeeshwaranAn 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.http://www.jpbsonline.org/article.asp?issn=0975-7406;year=2012;volume=4;issue=6;spage=177;epage=179;aulast=GunaseelarajOcular impressionocular prosthesisIris paintingscleral blank |
| spellingShingle | Rajkumar Gunaseelaraj Suma Karthikeyan Mohan N Kumar T Balamurugan A R Jagadeeshwaran Custom-made ocular prosthesis Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences Ocular impression ocular prosthesis Iris painting scleral blank |
| title | Custom-made ocular prosthesis |
| title_full | Custom-made ocular prosthesis |
| title_fullStr | Custom-made ocular prosthesis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Custom-made ocular prosthesis |
| title_short | Custom-made ocular prosthesis |
| title_sort | custom made ocular prosthesis |
| topic | Ocular impression ocular prosthesis Iris painting scleral blank |
| url | http://www.jpbsonline.org/article.asp?issn=0975-7406;year=2012;volume=4;issue=6;spage=177;epage=179;aulast=Gunaseelaraj |
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