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Specialty Contact Lenses
- 1st Edition - April 11, 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.
- 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.
Optometry students / residents; optometrists
Section 1: Advancing Specialty Contact Lens Practice
1. Definition and Classification of Specialty Contact Lenses
3. Digital Photography and Videography
4. Technologies for a Specialty Contact Lens Practice
5. Building and Maintaining a Specialty Lens Practice
6. Telehealth and Contact Lens Practice
Section 2: Planned Extended Wear
7. Hydrogel and Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses for Planned Extended Wear
Section 3: Rehabilitative Contact Lenses
8. Irregular Cornea and Keratoconus
9. Customized Soft Contact Lenses
10. Corneal Lenses
11. Scleral Lenses
12. High-Order Aberration Correction
13. Hybrid Contact Lenses
14. Specialty Multifocal Contact Lenses
Section 4: Therapeutic Contact Lenses
15. Therapeutic Bandage Contact Lenses
16. Combined Contact Lens and Medical Indications
Section 5: Prosthetic and Cosmetic Contact Lenses
17. Prosthetic and Cosmetic Contact Lenses
Section 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
Section 7: Ortho-Lenses
21. Ortho-k Lenses
Section 8: Pediatric Applications
22. Pediatric Applications
23. Geriatric Applications
Section 9: Enhanced Contact Lenses
24. Contact Lens Enhancement
Section 10: Smart Contact Lenses
25. Future Applications of Contact Lenses
Section 11: Handling and Care
26. In Office 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
- No. of pages: 500
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: April 11, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323879293
- eBook ISBN: 9780323879309
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Daddi Fadel
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)
Affiliations and expertise
Founder, European School of Scleral Lenses (EUROSCOLE); Clinical Scientist, Center for Ocular Research and Education (CORE); Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, CanadaMB
Melissa Barnett
Affiliations and expertise
Director of Optometry, University of California Davis, Founding Charter Member of the Intrepid Eye Society, Davis, California