• Himanshi Aggarwal, Raghuwar D Singh, Pradeep Kumar, Sanjiv K Gupta, and Habib A Alvi.
• Senior Resident, Department of Prosthodontics, King George's Medical University UP, Lucknow, India.
• J Prosthet Dent. 2014 Jun 1; 111 (6): 525-8.

AbstractProsthetic rehabilitation of phthisis bulbi defects is the only treatment option for cosmetic rehabilitation of patients with such defects. Currently, there is no treatment-based classification for prosthetic rehabilitation of patients with phthisis bulbi. Phthisical ocular defects and/or prosthetic rehabilitation were evaluated in an attempt to establish prosthetic guidelines that could be organized into a classification system. Fifty patients who received rehabilitation for phthisis bulbi were reviewed. Phthisis bulbi defects were divided into 4 classes. All the patients had rehabilitation, depending upon the class to which they were assigned. The aim of this treatment-oriented classification system was to organize and define the complex nature of the restorative decision-making process for patients with phthisis bulbi. Copyright © 2014 Editorial Council for the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

14 keywords...

hide…