title: Prosthetic rehabilitation of a post evisceration patient with custom made ocular prosthesis: a case report.
abstract: It is the god given right of human being to appear human, and the face is a person's visiting card. We can hide everything but we can't hide our face. Eyes are generally the first feature of the face to be noticed and the presence of a pair of eyes is quite essential to maintain the balance and the esthetics of the face. Loss of eye has a crippling effect on the psychology of the patient. The aim of all ocular prosthetic procedure is to enable rehabilitation of the patient in the society with a normal appearance and self esteem. This article describes a clinical report of rehabilitating post evisceration patient due to glaucoma of right eye with custom made artificial prosthesis using stock eye shell that can create esthetically pleasing results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics and Maxillofacial Prosthesis, Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, New Delhi, 110002 India.
authors.forename: Rajiv Kumar
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Padmanabhan
keywords: Custom made; Evisceration; Ocular prosthesis; Stock eye shell