Full Description
This book is a practical guide to the dispensing of spectacles for optometry trainees and opticians.Divided into twenty chapters, the text begins with an overview of frame types and materials, different parts of a frame, and frame selection.The next chapters discuss the selection of lenses for different ocular conditions, including prescription sunglasses, followed by detail on fitting and ordering spectacles.The final chapter describes ten real life case studies experienced by the author.Full of photographs, diagrams and tables, this useful manual provides trainees with step by step guidance on selecting, fitting and dispensing spectacles.Key pointsPractical guide to dispensing of spectacles for optometry trainees and opticiansProvides step by step guidance on frame types, lens types, and fitting for different ocular disordersIncludes chapter on prescription sunglassesFeatures ten real life case studies experienced by the author
Contents
CHAPTER 1CHAPTER 2: Frame Types and Frame MaterialsCHAPTER 3: Parts of the Spectacle FrameCHAPTER 4: Frame SelectionCHAPTER 5: Lens SelectionCHAPTER 6: Pupillary Distance Measurements and Optical Center of LensCHAPTER 7: Multifocal Segment Height MeasurementsCHAPTER 8: Dispensing in MyopiaCHAPTER 9: Dispensing in HypermetropiaCHAPTER 10: Dispensing in PresbyopiaCHAPTER 11: Progressive Addition Lens DispensingCHAPTER 12: Prism DispensingCHAPTER 13: Dispensing Prescription SunglassesCHAPTER 14: Occupational Dispensing of SpectacleCHAPTER 15: Digital Dispensing Systems and Lens CustomizationCHAPTER 16: Lens Ordering and VerificationsCHAPTER 17: Lens InsertionCHAPTER 18: Fitting Spectacle FrameCHAPTER 19: Dilemmas of Optical DispensingCHAPTER 20: Case StudiesBibliographyIndex
