Contact Lens Fitting Guide

Contact Lens Fitting Guide

<p>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.</p> <p>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.<br /><br /></p> <p><strong>Key points</strong></p> <ul> <li>Concise guide to contact lens fitting for optometrists and trainees</li> <li>Detailed discussion on pre-contact lens fitting eye exam and patient suitability</li> <li>Describes various types of corrective lenses</li> <li>Includes chapters on therapeutic lenses and contact lenses for presbyopia</li> </ul>