MDJ (Makassar Dental Journal)
Vol. 14 No. 1 (2025): Volume 14 Issue 1 April 2025

Light-weight ocular prostheses in patients with anophthalmic socket: Prostesis mata light-weight pada pasien dengan anopthalmic socket

Irfan, Nur Qum (Unknown)
Anshori, Nuriani (Unknown)
Jubhari, Eri Hendra (Unknown)
Dammar, Irfan (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Apr 2025

Abstract

Rehabilitation of patients with eyeball loss requires an eye prosthesis. Currently, a variation of the non-fabricated eye prosthe-sis, the light-weight prosthesis, has been developed. This article describes the technique of making a light-weight eye prosthe-thesis for a patient who lost his right eyeball due to trauma. A 28-year-old man came to Hasannudin University Dental and Oral Hospital complaining of losing his right eye due to trauma from a work accident. The patient was fitted with an eye prosthesis and used up to 9 months post-operatively. The patient felt uncomfortable because his prosthetic eye looked unnatural and looked smaller. The patient wanted a new prosthesis that was more comfortable to restore his confidence. The conjunctiva of the orbita was healthy and there was no infection. The patient was fitted with a non-fabricated light-weight eye prosthesis made from acry-lic resin. The artificial eye was fabricated with a precise impression method which gave an advantage in terms of retention. It was concluded that a light-weight eye prosthesis can be selected as a rehabilitative treatment for patients with eyeball loss that res-tores the patient's appearance and improves self-confidence.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

MDJ

Publisher

Subject

Dentistry

Description

The journal receives a manuscript from the following area below Dentistry science and development with interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approach: Dental Public Health and Epidemiology Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Dental Conservation and Endodontics Preventive Dentistry Biomedical Dentistry ...