Open AccessIris Positioning Using a Grid Attached to a Spring Bow for a Custom Ocular Prosthesis
Author(s) -
Ankita Chamaria,
Meena Ajay Aras,
Vidya Chitre,
Godwin Clovis Da Costa
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/22011.9460
Subject(s) - iris (biosensor) , disfigurement , ocular prosthesis , prosthesis , optometry , medicine , face (sociological concept) , orthodontics , computer science , computer vision , ophthalmology , surgery , social science , sociology , biometrics
Eyes are among the first features of the face to be noticed. Loss of an eye due to congenital, traumatic or pathologic aetiologies causes disfigurement and loss of sensory feedback. It leaves a psychological impact on the patient, thus prosthesis should be provided at the earliest to raise the spirits of the afflicted. Iris positioning is one of the important steps in fabricating customized ocular prosthesis. In facial asymmetry cases, comparison of both irises together can be a major disadvantage. This case report illustrates the use of a unique customized frame spring bow assembly to position the iris disk using the established parallelism between inter pupillary line to the horizontal plane.