Specialty Contact Lenses

Daddi Fadel, Melissa Barnett (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

352 Seiten

2025
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division (Verlag)
9780323879293 (ISBN)

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Offering a clinical definition and classification for specialty contact lenses, this unique reference discusses the clinical features and customization of every type of contact lens modality in a variety of clinical settings. Specialty Contact Lenses covers all aspects of this wide-ranging field, including specialty multifocal lenses, novel technology, telemedicine, myopia management, contact lenses in sports, visual rehabilitation, pediatric and geriatric considerations, electrochemical and optical sensing technologies, contact lens enhancement, future applications, and much more.

Presents evidence-based clinical guidance on the selection and fitting of specialty contact lenses, including scleral lenses, bandage contact lenses, customized and extended wear soft contact lenses, corneal lenses, hybrid lenses, tinted lenses, and more
Covers a wide range of eye disorders and how to manage them using specialty lenses, including corneal disorders, ocular surface diseases, low vision, binocular vision, aberration control, drug delivery, myopia, and presbyopia
Features high-quality figures throughout illustrating specialty lens design and application for various disorders and settings
Covers the latest information on emerging technologies such as smart contact lenses, optical sensing technologies, drug delivery, and contact lens enhancements
Includes practical guidance and considerations for building and managing a specialty contact lens practice, with information on billing and coding, social media, telemedicine, and marketing
An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud

Daddi Fadel, DOptom, FSLS, FBCLA, FAAO, FIACLE Clinical Scientist. Center for Ocular Research and Education (CORE): Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; Founder, European School of Scleral Lenses (EUROSCOLE). Melissa Barnett is Director of Optometry, University of California Davis, Founding Charter Member of the Intrepid Eye Society, Davis, California.

PART 1: Advancing Specialty Contact Lens Practice
1. Definition and Classification of Specialty Contact Lenses
2. Basic Anatomy and Physiology of the Ocular Surface
3. Digital Photography and Videography
4. Technologies for a Specialty Contact Lens Practice
5. Building and Maintaining a Specialty Lens Practice
6. Telemedicine and Contact Lens Practice

PART 2: Planned Extended Wear
7. Hydrogel and Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses for Planned Extended Wear

PART 3: Rehabilitative Contact Lenses
8. Irregular Cornea and Keratoconus
9. On Customized Soft Contact Lenses
10. Corneal Lenses
11. Scleral Lenses
12. Scleral Lenses and Wavefront-Guided Optics
13. Hybrid Contact Lenses
14. Specialty Contact Lenses for Presbyopia: Multifocals

PART 4: Therapeutic Contact Lenses
15. Therapeutic Bandage Contact Lenses
16. Combined Contact Lens and Medication Indications

PART 5: Prosthetic and Cosmetic Contact Lenses
17. Prosthetic and Cosmetic Contact Lenses

PART 6: Myopia Control
18. Introduction to Myopia
19. Preliminary Myopia Management Evaluation and Follow-Up
20. Myopia Management and Treatment Methods: Spectacles, Specialty Contact Lenses, and Environmental Factors

PART 7: Ortho-K Lenses
21. Ortho-K Lenses

PART 8: Applications for Pediatric and Aging Populations
22. Specialty Contact Lenses in the Pediatric Population
23. Keratoconus, Contact Lenses, and the Aging Process

PART 9: Enhanced Contact Lenses
24. Contact Lens Enhancement

PART 10: Smart Contact Lenses
25. Future Applications of Contact Lenses

PART 11: Handling and Care
26. In-Office Contact Lens Disinfection
27. Care and Handling of Soft Contact Lenses
28. Care and Handling of Rigid Contact Lenses
29. Care and Handling of Hybrid Lenses
30. Contact Lens Case Care

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	29.07.2025
Verlagsort	Philadelphia
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 276 mm
Gewicht	870 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Augenheilkunde
ISBN-13	9780323879293 / 9780323879293
Zustand	Neuware