Fabrication of Mirror Image Prosthetic Ears-A Short Review

The fabrication of any extra oral maxillofacial prosthesis presents the prosthodontist with several phenomenal challenges. Foremost among them is the flawless recreation of the same anatomic form that was present preoperatively. The Challenge of recreating preoperative anatomic contour is sometimes complicated by the absence of a preoperative record. This is common when the loss is congenital or unexpected as with the loss of human ear. In these conditions the preoperative bilaterally symmetry can be recreated using mirror image modeling. The present article attempts to review different techniques reported in literature for mirror image modeling in the fabrication of auricular Prosthesis where preoperative records are not available.