Light-weight ocular prostheses in patients with anophthalmic socket

Prostesis mata light-weight pada pasien dengan anopthalmic socket

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.