Prosthetic rehabilitation of a post evisceration patient with custom made ocular prosthesis: a case report

It is the god given right of human being to appear human, and the face is a person's visiting card. We can hide everything but we can't hide our face. Eyes are generally the first feature of the face to be noticed and the presence of a pair of eyes is quite essential to maintain the balance and the esthetics of the face. Loss of eye has a crippling effect on the psychology of the patient. The aim of all ocular prosthetic procedure is to enable rehabilitation of the patient in the society with a normal appearance and self esteem. This article describes a clinical report of rehabilitating post evisceration patient due to glaucoma of right eye with custom made artificial prosthesis using stock eye shell that can create esthetically pleasing results.