Open AccessA review of techniques of iris replication and a novel method of fabrication of ocular prosthesis using two different iris location methods
Author(s) -
Anshul Trivedi,
Roma Goswami,
Nivedita Bawa,
Shama Waheed,
Jitendra Rao
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
national journal of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-3418
pISSN - 0975-5950
DOI - 10.4103/njms.njms_43_19
Subject(s) - ocular prosthesis , iris (biosensor) , prosthodontist , medicine , replication (statistics) , gaze , prosthesis , optometry , orthodontics , dentistry , surgery , computer vision , computer science , virology , biometrics
Anophthalmic patients suffer from social, functional, and emotional agony. The role of a maxillofacial prosthodontist is to restore this loss and to restore the self-esteem of such patients. Fabrication of a prosthesis for the anophthalmic cavity can be successful with the judicious use of the materials, the vision, and the skill of the prosthodontist. This article describes various techniques used for iris replication and a novel method to locate the iris, which is the most crucial step to fabricate a natural gaze.