Prosthetic management with a scleral prosthesis:An 'Eye on an Eye'

摘要

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.