Full Description
This book is a concise guide to contact lens fitting for optometrists and trainees. Beginning with an introduction to contact lenses and the pre-contact lens fitting eye examination, making sure a patient is suitable for wearing contact lenses, the following chapters describe the fitting of different types of corrective lens - soft, toric and rigid gas permeable.Separate chapters examine the use of therapeutic contact lenses, used to protect the eye whilst it heals after injury or infection, rather than to correct vision; and lenses for presbyopia, age-related long-sightedness.Key pointsConcise guide to contact lens fitting for optometrists and traineesDetailed discussion on pre-contact lens fitting eye exam and patient suitabilityDescribes various types of corrective lensesIncludes chapters on therapeutic lenses and contact lenses for presbyopia
Contents
Introduction to Contact LensesPre-contact Lens Fitting Eye ExaminationFitting Soft Contact LensesFitting Soft Toric LensesSpherical RGP Lens Fitting Therapeutic Contact Lens FittingPresbyopia and Contact Lens Fitting
