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Background@#Eyes are an important component of the face and vital organs of vision. Eye loss can be caused by congenital defects, trauma, or tumor. Loss of an eye produces physical abnormalities that pose a psychological burden on the patient, as well as visual function damage. An ocular prosthesis is an artificial maxillofacial prosthesis to replace the lost eye. @*Case summary@#A 54-year-old man consults at the Prosthodontics Specialist Universitas Airlangga Dental Hospital for an eye prosthesis. The patient did not have the right eyeball since birth. Soft tissue around the eye is normal, including the palpebral muscles. @*Case management@#An impression was made using a custom tray and alginate in the defect area, followed by filling the impression with gypsum type 3 to get a working model, from which a wax model is made and adjusted to the patient. After that, sclera and ocular acrylic prostheses are made on the basis of an adjusted wax model. The prosthesis is then polished and colored according to the contralateral eye. Then the prosthesis is delivered to the patient. @*Conclusion@#The hollow custom-made eye prosthesis can be considered in the treatment of anophthalmia. It is able to improve the patient's psychological and emotional status.
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Olho , Olho Artificial , Determinantes Sociais da SaúdeRESUMO
Abstracts: The loss of an eye has a far-reaching impact on an individual’s psychology and an immediate replacement is necessary to promote the physical and psychological healing of the patient and to improve his/her social acceptance. The loss of an eye is an emotional and psychological set back to the patient. Acceptable cosmetic results usually can be obtained with a facial prosthesis. Maxillofacial prostheses which restore and replace missing organ, aim to improve the patient’s aesthetics, restore and maintain health of the remaining structures and consequently provide physical and psychological well-being. Enucleation of the eye is therefore normally followed by fabrication of an ocular prosthesis to improve esthetics. This case report describes prosthetic rehabilitation of a 75 year old male patient having a right ocular defect. The resultant prosthesis was structurally durable and aesthetically acceptable with satisfactory retention. The importance of meticulous treatment planning to tackle the challenges faced in fabricating an ocular prosthesis is explained with the relevant literature.
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Se realizó un estudio descriptivo y retrospectivo de 2441 pacientes, atendidos en el Servicio de Prótesis Bucomaxilofacial de Santiago de Cuba, desde el 2000 hasta el 2013, con vistas a caracterizar la morbilidad por defectos bucomaxilofaciales en los afectados. Hubo un promedio de 200 ingresos y 159 altas anuales de pacientes atendidos. La mayoría de los casos (63,8 %) pertenecieron a la provincia antes citada. Prevalecieron el sexo masculino (63,0 %), el grupo etario de 60 años y más (33,7 %), el nivel escolar primario (32,6 %), los defectos oculares (80,3 %) y el trauma (53,8 %). En los afectados de 0-19 años predominaron los defectos congénitos, en los de 40-59 los traumas, en personas de más de 60 años los oncológicos y por otras causas. Los defectos oculares se produjeron por traumas en 59,0 %, los nasales por causas oncológicas en 100,0 %, los craneales y auriculares por traumas en 78,6 y 76,5 %, respectivamente.
A descriptive and retrospective study of 2441 patients, assisted in the Service of Oral and Maxillofacial Prosthesis in Santiago de Cuba was carried out from the 2000 to 2013, aimed at characterizing the morbidity due to oral and maxillofacial defects in those affected. There was an average of 200 admissions and 159 annual discharges of assisted patients. Most of the cases (63.8%) belonged to the above mentioned province. Male sex (63.0%), the age group 60 years and over (33.7%), the primary school level (32.6%), the ocular defects (80.3%) and trauma (53.8%) prevailed. In the affected age group 0-19 years, the congenital defects prevailed, in the 40-59 years traumas prevailed, in patients over 60 years the oncological causes and others prevailed. Ocular defects were caused by traumas in 59.0%, the nasal defects were caused by oncological causes in 100.0%, the cranial and ears defects were due to traumas in 78.6 and 76.5%, respectively.