History Flashcards
The Romans decorated statues with arficial eyes made of
silver
Eye was a symbol of life to the ancient world, parcularly in Egypt, where bronze and precious stone eyes were placed on the ___.
deceased
Ambrose Paré (1510-1590)
famous French surgeon
first to describe the use of arficial eyes to fit an eye socket.
types of artificial eyes
ekblephara
hypoblephara
infront eyelids - ekblephara
under eyelids- hypoblephara
was designed to be used above an atrophic eye, as enucleation was not a common practice
until the middle of the 1800
hypoblephara eye
were atractive but were expensive and not very durable
Enamel prostheses
The introduction of____, made of arsenic oxide and cyolite from sodium-aluminum fluoride (Na6A2F12), produced a grayish-white color suitable for a prosthetic eye.
cryolite glass
German crasmen are credited with this invenon in 1835.
enamel prostheses
To make these glass eyes, a tube of glass was heated on one end unl the form of a ball was obtained.
enamel prostheses
German crasmen (later coined “____”) began to tour the United States and other parts of the world, setting up for several days at a time in one city after another where they fabricated eyes and fit them to patients.
ocularists
Stock eyes = pre-made eyes
orbit volume augmentation became a partner with a number of non-spherical designed
molity implants that were:
- basket (ball and socket) shaped
- Saturn styled with an aached ring
- Pyramidal
- Conical
- pear shaped
- hemispherical with a flat anterior and even quadruple nubbins on the front surface.
is a coral and polyethylene implants that integrate the rectus muscles for molity.
porous
after four to six months of____ of ssues throughout the implant, an option is available for drilling a hole for a pegged prosthetic attachment. This would increase mobile response for quick darting eye movements.
fibro vascularization of tissues
