Retentive ocular prosthesis restores post evisceration patients’ physical and psychological

Abstract

Loss of eye does not only affect facial esthetics but also psychological health of the patient and leads to social disa-bility. A custom-made ocular prosthesis is a good alternative to promote physical, psychological and esthetically plea-sing appearance that can improve social acceptance of the patient. A 5-years-old female patient and 18-years old male patient were reported to Dental Hospital USU with the chief complaint of loss of an eye, making them often in-sulted by schoolmates, while the male patient lost confidence on socializing around. In these cases, ocular prosthe-ses with modification of custom tray was made by using a putty index obtained from wax pattern to produce a better fitting ocular prosthesis so it expected to be retentive as to produce comfort and increase patient confidence. Con-tact between ocular prosthesis and tissue bed is necessary to evenly distribute the pressure obtained with proper im-pression technique. This technique ensures a good fit of the custom tray thereby produce accurate adaptation to the tissue surface can increase the movement of the prosthesis and provide a good natural esthetic outcome. Post evi-sceration patients need psychological support to restore confidence and self-esteem in today's cosmetics challenging world. For these cases, patients’ self-confidence was restored and socializing as before without any embarrassment.