The Evolvement of Ophthalmoprosthesis to Civilian Requirements

Murphey, Phelps J.; Newton, F.H.; Schmid, Dorothy Jane

doi:10.14219/jada.archive.1949.0091

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“…As a general ,rule the practitioner with close connections with optometry tends to fabricate eyes in the traditional shapes of the snellen reform eyes (American Optical Catalogue). While the practitioners trained in the field of dental technology tend to make eyes from alginate impressions of the socket (Bartlett andMoore, 1973) (Murphy, Newton, Cox andHawn, 1949). Now examine the front surface of the plastic prosthesis: first the iris, does it replicate the anterior chamber of the human eye in anatomical detail or is it a solid mass that just looks like an iris until it comes under close scrutiny (Brash, 1948) (Gray, 1901) (Grant, 1977) (Spooner, 1957)?…”

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The One‐Eyed Patient

Elliott

1979

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

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The author, drawing upon over thirty five years experience of making and fitting plastic ocular prostheses, discusses the professional service which optometrists should be providing in their consulting rooms Lor those of their patients who have been fitted with an ocular prosthesis. He delineates the optometrist‐patient relationship. He describes the various types of eyes and how to recognise them, how to remove and insert a prosthesis. He outlines the examination of the socket, the surgical operation and the correct fit of the prosthesis, reviews the physiology of the monocular patient, comments upon the aesthetics of the cosmetic restoration and prefers some advice on the hygiene necessary for the patient's comfort.

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