title: Surgical and prosthetic considerations to rehabilitate an ocular defect using extraoral implants: a clinical report.
abstract: This clinical report shows the use of extraoral implants to rehabilitate an ocular defect, focusing the surgical and prosthetic procedures. Using local anesthesia and a surgical template obtained from the diagnostic wax ocular pattern, two cylinder dental implants were strategically placed in the lateral aspect of the right infraorbital region. Four months later, an acrylic framework including two spherical magnets was made using plastic UCLA abutments. After casting laboratory steps, a customized silicon prosthetic appliance was fabricated from the diagnostic wax ocular pattern and attached to the Co-Cr framework, observing its profile and seating aspects. The patient was satisfied with the treatment result, due to the retention, esthetics, and adhesive-free method to anchor his ocular prostheses.
authors.affiliation: UNIFOR, Prosthodontics, Fortaleza, Brazil. wagnerufc@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Wagner Araujo
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: de Negreiros
authors.forename: Marcus Aurelio Rabelo Lima
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Verde
authors.forename: Antonio Materson
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Lecio Pitombeira
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Pinto
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery; D002858:Chromium Alloys / Q000737:chemistry; D015921:Dental Implants; D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes / Q000737:chemistry; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery; D005137:Eye, Artificial; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D059346:Magnets; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010969:Plastics / Q000737:chemistry; D017797:Prosthesis Coloring; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D060489:Prosthesis Retention; D012826:Silicone Elastomers / Q000737:chemistry; D015050:Zygoma / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D002858:Chromium Alloys; D015921:Dental Implants; D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes; C020964:MDX 4-4210; D010969:Plastics; D012826:Silicone Elastomers