Ocular Prosthesis: A Case Report

Ocular and orbital disorders leading to surgical procedures which generally results in ocular defects, if immediate intervention are done to preserve the anophthalmic socket size and giving the conformers to the patient, might lead to contractures of tissue after the surgical procedures. As in most of the cases the conformers are not given, this leads to delayed collapse of space for ocular prosthesis. This article describes an alternative two-step impression technique for ocular prosthesis which employs two materials of different consistencies. This method of two step impression provide better adaptation to underlying tissues and also digital images which are used very frequently in the present age plays an important role in matching the color of prosthesis very accurately. The increased mobility of the prosthesis leading to improvements in facial contours, and improved esthetics and also giving the patient a physiological comfort, security & a self-confidence which is lost after the defect.