title: Ocular prosthesis for a geriatric patient with customised iris: a report of two cases.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  An ocular prosthesis is given when trauma or disease may lead to enucleation or evisceration of the eye and the combined efforts of the ophthalmologists and the maxillofacial prosthetist can provide a cosmetically acceptable ocular prosthesis.
  
  
  METHODS
  An ocular prosthesis is either pre-fabricated or custom-made. One of the important factors for achieving a cosmetic result is accurate colour matching of the iris with the contralateral iris.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A knowledge of the anatomy of the eye facilitates hand painting of iris and sclera to produce a satisfactory result.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The custom-made ocular prosthesis allows infinite variations during the fabrication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, SDM College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Dharwad, Karnataka, India. drsatyabodh@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Satyabodh S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Guttal
authors.forename: Subhash M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: Lekha K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Pillai
authors.forename: Ramesh K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Nadiger
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004954:Esthetics; D015353:Eye Enucleation / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005137:Eye, Artificial; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris; D008297:Male; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D017797:Prosthesis Coloring; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012590:Sclera