The Contact Lens Manual: A Practical Guide to Fitting/ by Andrew Gasson and Judith Morris

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface How to use this book Common Abbreviations Section 1: Preliminaries 1. Background 2. Instrumentation 3. Record Keeping 4. Consulting room procedures and equipment 5. Preliminary considerations and examination 6. Dry eyes and the tear film 7. Lens types and materials Section 2: Rigid Gas Permeable Lens Fitting 8. Principles of rigid lens design 9. Development of rigid lens design 10. Rigid lens selection and fitting 11. Fluorescein patterns and fitting 12. Aspheric lenses 13. Rigid lens specification and verification 14. Orthokeratology and reverse geometry lenses Section 3: Hydrogel and Silicone Hydrogel Fitting 15. Soft lens fitting and design 16. Soft lens fitting characteristics 17. Other soft lens fitting considerations 18. Disposable lenses and frequent (planned) replacement 19. Silicone Hydrogels 20. Soft lens specification and verification Section 4: Complex Lenses 22. Toric rigid lenses 23. Toric soft lenses 24. Lenses for presbyopia 25. Special lens features and applications Section 5: Management 26. Care systems 27. Lens collection and patient instruction 28. Aftercare 29. Aftercare Complications 30. Additional Aftercare Procedures Section 6: Children and Therapeutic Lenses 31. Contact lenses and children 32. Therapeutic and Complex Lens Designs Glossary of contact lens-related terms Appendix Index

Suitable for optometrists, dispensing opticians, contact lens practitioners and students who require information for fitting a range of contact lenses, this title provides guidance in various aspects Read more...