Publisher Description

The Contact Lens Manual continues to meet the needs of a new generation of optometrists, dispensing opticians, contact lens practitioners and students who require clear and reliable information for fitting a complete range of contact lenses.The fourth edition of this best-selling classic, now in full colour throughout, provides the most up-to-date guidance in all aspects of today's lenses in a practical and easy to use manual. Featuring new developments in lens types, care regimes, current practices, and electronic access to brand new video footage as well as a range of learning tools, this manual offers a complete package to help readers expand their lens knowledge, improve fitting and optimise patient care.The authors use a down-to-earth practical approach to distil years of experience into one handy volume.A bullet point style makes the information easily accessible.Key information is presented so it can be quickly located.Practical tips, clinical pearls, helpful advice, and warnings are presented in boxes so readers can see at a glance what to do.Features updates to all chapters and lens types with a wealth of new information on silicone hydrogels, toric soft lenses, rigid gas-permeable fitting and patient after care.Presents a new chapter on dry eyes with expert guidance on treatment and practical management advice.Includes an expanded illustration programme and page design with full colour throughout including colour-coded sections and boxes to highlight key information for easier learning.Electronic access to brand new video footage of lens and eye care regimes, along with over 100 clinical photographs, images from the book, simulations and calculation tools.

Table of Contents

PrefaceHow to use this bookCommon Abbreviations Section 1: Preliminaries1. Background2. Instrumentation3. Record Keeping4. Consulting room procedures and equipment5. Preliminary considerations and examination6. Dry eyes and the tear film7. Lens types and materials Section 2: Rigid Gas Permeable Lens Fitting8. Principles of rigid lens design9. Development of rigid lens design10. Rigid lens selection and fitting11. Fluorescein patterns and fitting12. Aspheric lenses13. Rigid lens specification and verification14. Orthokeratology and reverse geometry lensesSection 3: Hydrogel and Silicone Hydrogel Fitting15. Soft lens fitting and design16. Soft lens fitting characteristics17. Other soft lens fitting considerations18. Disposable lenses and frequent (planned) replacement19. Silicone Hydrogels20. Soft lens specification and verificationSection 4: Complex Lenses22. Toric rigid lenses23. Toric soft lenses24. Lenses for presbyopia25. Special lens features and applicationsSection 5: Management26. Care systems27. Lens collection and patient instruction28. Aftercare29. Aftercare Complications30. Additional Aftercare ProceduresSection 6: Children and Therapeutic Lenses31. Contact lenses and children32. Therapeutic and Complex Lens DesignsGlossary of contact lens-related termsAppendixIndex

Review

From the reviews of previous editions:"The format is an intensely practical, hands-on guide to fitting all lens types, from straightforward sphericals through to sealed sclerals. Each chapter is punctuated with different boxes containing practical advice, general advice, rules of thumb and warnings.Unlike most textbooks, it would be quite possible to pick up this book and read it from cover to cover. In fact, I can recommend it." Optometry Today

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From the reviews of previous editions: "The format is an intensely practical, hands-on guide to fitting all lens types, from straightforward sphericals through to sealed sclerals. Each chapter is punctuated with different boxes containing practical advice, general advice, rules of thumb and warnings.Unlike most textbooks, it would be quite possible to pick up this book and read it from cover to cover. In fact, I can recommend it." Optometry Today

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