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Specialty Contact Lenses
- 1st Edition - February 3, 2025
- Editors: Daddi Fadel, Melissa Barnett
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 7 9 2 9 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 7 9 3 0 - 9
Offering a clinical definition and classification for specialty contact lenses, this unique reference discusses the clinical features and customization of every type of contac… Read more
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Request a sales quoteOffering 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.
Section 1: Introduction to Specialty Contact Lenses
1. Basic Anatomy and Physiology of the Ocular Surface Tissues
2. Definition and Classification of Specialty Contact Lenses
3. Hygiene, Contact Lens Care, and Case Contamination
4. Digital Imaging
5. Diagnostic Technology for the Specialty Contact Lens Practice
Section 2: Therapeutic and Rehabilitative Contact Lenses
6. Introduction to Therapeutic and Rehabilitative Contact Lenses
7. Hydrogel & Silicone Hydrogel
8. Soft Contact Lens: Customized and Extended Wear
9. Rigid Contact Lenses
10. Scleral Lenses
11. Hybrid Contact Lenses
12. Multifocal Contact Lens for Presbyopia
13. Bandage Contact Lenses
14. Prosthetic and Therapeutic Tinted Contact Lenses
15. Combination of Contact Lenses with Medical and Drug Therapies
Section 3: Myopia Considerations
16. Introduction to Myopia
17. Preliminary Myopia Evaluation and Binocular Vision
18. Myopia Control and Treatment Methods: Spectacles, Specialty Contact Lenses, and Environmental Factors
Section 4: Special Populations
19. Pediatric Contact Lenses
20. Considerations for Geriatric Populations
Section 5: Vision Enhancement
21. High-order Aberration Correction
Section 6: Smart Contact Lenses and Future Technologies
22. Electrochemical or Optical Sensing Technologies and Future Applications of Contact Lenses
23. Contact Lens Enhancement
Section 7: Considerations for the Specialty Lens Practice
24. Building and Maintaining a Specialty Contact Lens Practice
25. Telemedicine
- No. of pages: 500
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: February 3, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323879293
- eBook ISBN: 9780323879309
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Daddi Fadel
Affiliations and expertise
Optometrist, Private Practice, Co-founder & President, Euro & Austral-Asian Scleral Lens Academy, Program & Education Chair, The Summit of Specialty Contacts, Poggio Mirteto, Rieti, ItalyMB
Melissa Barnett
Affiliations and expertise
Principal Optometrist, University of California Davis Eye Center, Chair Elect, AOA CLCS, Board Member, Intrepid Eye Society, Past President, Scleral Lens Society, Davis, California