Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development

Gopal Krishna Choudhury ¹, Bodhisatta Mukherjee ¹, Abhijita Mohapatra ¹, Mirna Gharnayak ¹, Upasana Panda ²

Affiliations
1 Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, IN
2 Department, Department of Prosthodontics, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, IN

Abstract

Loss of eye might be acquired or congenital. Congenital anomaly or pathology may require surgical intervention and removal of eyeball. Stock ocular prosthesis are readily available in market, stock prosthesis has some disadvantages such as ill-fit, improper shade matching, etc. whereas the custom-made ocular prosthesis has better adaptability, better movement of the eyeball and iris position can be matched with the adjacent eye. This article describes a case report of replacing left eye with ocular prosthesis of a lady patient and improving her well-being. Distribution of force of the tissue bed and co-ordinated movement of the prosthetic eye makes the prosthesis much more acceptable and real like.

Keywords

Congenital Anomaly, Rehabilitation, Ocular Prosthesis, Prosthetic Eye.

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Gopal Krishna Choudhury ¹, Sangram Panda ²

Affiliations
1 Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, IN
2 Department of Prosthodontics, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, IN

Abstract

The antiquity of the advancement of dental implants is an amusing and mesmerizing travel talk through time, Since the establishment of human life, man have been using dental implants in some way or the other form to compensate the missing tooth. The first known to be used dental implants is certified to Mayan inhabitants somewhere around 600 Ads. In those times they outclassed the substitute of mandibular teeth by making use of pieces of shells as implants. Evidence of radiographs that were taken in the 1970’s of mandible of Mayan reveals formation of compact bone around the foreign implants placed- these bones astonishingly appears so much like that is visible around implant blade. In early Honduran culture around 800 A.D. an implant made up of stone was first constructed and used.

Keywords

Dental Implants, Contemporary Facts, Ancient Facts, History.

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