Loss of an eye can be caused by cancer, trauma, or congenital defects. A loss of eye creates functional, esthetic, and psychological lacunae in individual's personal and professional life. Rehabilitation of ocular defect can be done by a custom ocular prosthesis fabricated with heat cure polymethylmethacrylate. The custom-made prosthesis provides a better fit, is more comfortable to use and gives better cosmetic results than a stock prosthesis. The main objective of this article is to describe a new technique of customization using digital photograph of the patient's iris made using a digital camera to give excellent cosmetic results to the patient.

Oral cavity is an extremely demanding setting. Most dental materials are in intimate contact with oral tissue for a long time; they must be biocompatible for them to have a harmonious interaction with the host while performing the desired functions. Therefore, there is always a huge interest and strong trend in continuous development of dental materials with improvised properties. Over the past few decades, with the discovery of fullerene in 1985 and carbon nanotubes in 1991, carbon based nanomaterials have been merited on the scientific stage. Graphene is one such material. It is the thinnest and strongest material in existence. Graphene, a single-layer carbon sheet with a hexagonal packed lattice structure, has shown many unique properties, it has shown outstanding potential in many research fields including prosthodontics and allied dental specialities. This review includes studies of Graphene published in the English language. The EMBASE and MEDLINE (National Library of Medicine) databases were searched through PubMed. The keywords consisting of “graphene oxide” , “graphene in prosthodontics” and “graphene in dentistry” were used.

Loss of any organ of a body is a traumatising event as it creates functional, esthetics and psychological disharmony in an individual's life. An ocular defect can be a congenital anomaly or an acquired defect. Rehabilitation of such defect with customized well fitting prosthesis that restores the shape of associated anatomical structures and volume of the socket, not only require an artistic skill but also technical knowledge as every case is unique on its own. The main objective of this article is to describe innovative yet simple technique using NAES ruler for iris selection and fixation of gaze yielding results with utmost patient satisfaction and acceptance.

Maxillary Inadequacies originate due to various aetiologies. Prosthetic restoration of the defect often includes use of a surgical obturator, interim obturator and definitive obturator. Prosthetic design has been discussed by many authors. A search of dental literature through April 2020 was undertaken by use of PubMed. The focus of the search was on occlusion concepts and schemes incorporated in the designing of a maxillary obturator prosthesis for partially edentulous hemimaxillectomy patients. In addition, some common textbooks on removable and maxillofacial prosthodontics were scrutinised for additional documentation. The significance of occlusion should be emphasized in the support of maxillary obturator prostheses. Till date there is no literature review on the the array of concepts of occlusion incorporated in maxillary obturator fabrication.

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