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Prosthetic management with a scleral prosthesis: An ‘Eye on an Eye’

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Eyes are an essential organ not only in terms of vision but also being an important component of facial expression. The loss of an eye has a crippling effect on the psychology of the patient. A natural eye is surgically removed by enucleation, evisceration or exenteration because of trauma, pathology or tumor. Treatment of such rehabilitation cases includes implant-retained and acrylic eye prostheses by a maxillofacial prosthodontist to restore the patient’s quality of life. For economic reasons, a removable acrylic prosthesis is preferred over an implant-retained prosthesis. Here, we describe a case of a customized acrylic scleral shell prosthesis which showed excellent retention and esthetics.

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  1. Department of Maxillofacial Prosthodontics, Bapuji Dental College and Hospital, Davangere, 577004, Karnataka, India

    Pavankumar R. Koralakunte, Nandeeshwar D. Basavapura & Dhanyakumar H. Budihal

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Koralakunte, P.R., Basavapura, N.D. & Budihal, D.H. Prosthetic management with a scleral prosthesis: An ‘Eye on an Eye’. Int Ophthalmol 34, 309–313 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10792-013-9778-7

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