Rehabilitation of Enucleated Eye by Ocular Prosthesis: Role of Parents in Prosthesis Development
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The disfigurement resulting from loss of an eye can cause significant psychological as well as social consequences for both the patient and family. Ambroise Pare, a French surgeon-dentist, is considered the pioneer of modern artificial eyes. In 1944 Murphy and Nirronen fabricated physiologic ocular prosthesis in dental corps of US Navy [1]. An ocular prosthesis does not provide vision; but give psychological support and cosmesis. The scleral shell prosthesis is a thin hard acrylic shell-like artificial eye. This type of eye prosthesis is worn over a damaged, disfigured eye or eviscerated globe. It provides psychological support to patient and his family.
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دوره 3 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2012