A simple method of positioning the iris disk on a custom-made ocular prosthesis. A clinical report.
We report two cases of ocular prosthesis fabrication that make use of a transparent graph grid for positioning the iris disk. The custom-made ocular prostheses achieved intimate contact with the tissue bed enabling ideal fit. As asymmetry may result in a squint-eyed appearance, proper positioning of the iris disk in the scleral wax pattern is vital to fabricating the custom-made artificial eye. The position of the iris disk in the custom-made ocular prosthesis was in symmetry with that of the natural eye, restoring esthetics of the patient.
Guttal
Satyabodh S
SS
Department of Prosthodontics, SDM College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Dharwad, Karnataka, India. drsatyabodh@yahoo.co.in
Patil
Narendra P
NP
Vernekar
Naina
N
Porwal
Amit
A
D000328:Adult; D005137:Eye, Artificial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design / Q000379:methods*