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The article reports on the mechanical and physiological effect of contact lense wear on the ocular surface of the eyes. It is noted that being aware of the effect of contact lens wear also serves as a basic component in the management of contact lens patients. The recommended approaches for examining and observing the responses of the ocular surface to contact lens wear are cited, including the use of a broad white beam, retro-illumination, and the use of a 2-3 millimeter (mm) vertical slit at 25x magnification.

This article discusses scleral contact lense fitting and their benefits to irregular cornea patients. It tackles candidates for scleral lenses, the visual acuity being provided by gas permeable optics of scleral lenses, and factors to be considered by eye care practitioners when fitting scleral lenses in patients.

The article provides information on multiple contact lenses as an option for presbyopic patients who decide to use contact lenses. It describes the designs and developments of contact lenses such as soft lens, gas permeable (GP) multifocal lens and hybrid lens. It also discusses the factors to be considered in selecting contact lenses for presbyotic patients such as fitting and comfort.

In this article, author discusses on how to assess and manage the dry eye. It mentions that dry eye is a multifactorial disease of the tears that results in symptoms of discomfort, visual disturbance, and tear instability. It suggests that change in lifestyle and environments plays a significance role in dry eye management. Further it mentions that optimal management of dry eye requires careful listening to the history and symptoms of patients.

The article discusses the growing trend of multifocal lenses as vision correction for presbyopes in the U.S. It notes that presbyopes who are new to contact lens wear saw the biggest increase in multifocal fits by 64%. The surge in multifocal fitting can be largely attributed to the development in lens designs and materials as well as improving success rate.

The article presents information on various developments in lens care. It is stated that there is a delicate balance between the contact lens and its care system, and the health of the ocular surface in contact lens wear. Also mentioned is that the correct selection of lens care product may improve the comfort and wearing times of many patients, significantly. Multiple-choice questions and several charts, related to the discussion, are presented.

The article offers tips on how to achieve a higher level of success in prescribing multifocal contact lenses on presbyopic patients. First is to be familiar with various lens designs that feature different advantages for various optic problems. Second is to be an expert with various of types of lenses to better solve the multifocal dilemmas for each patient. Third is to select the right patients by identifying patients who are not good candidates for monovision or multifocal prescribing.

The article discusses the controversial treatment for helping blemished vision in the U.S. called orthokeratology in which the best results seem to be in correcting young myopics. However, supporters have acknowledged that there is little hard scientific evidence to support some of the claims made for it. On the other hand, still orthokeratologists have been able to improve vision in an impressive manner that many people once with visual acuity of 20/200 or worse are able to walk around without glasses or contact lenses for the better part of the day. It states that orthokeratologists apply hard contact lenses to change the curvature of the cornea to improve vision. Additionally, patients are usually treated with a standard contact lens worn for up to 16 hours a day.

The article reports on prosthetic lens patient management. It states that eyecare practices have offered tinted and colored contact lenses to provide cosmetic changes to patients' eye color and appearance. Colored and tinted devices can also be used as prosthetic devices, but the use is not commonly associated with general eyecare practice.

This article reports on the concept of scleral contact lenses. Scleral contact lenses has been around for nearly 120 years which is an important tool when fitting challenging patients. The size of the scleral lens will determine the amount of acceptable bearing and clearance and the fluid dynamics which range in size from 12.9mm to 13.5mm.

The article discusses the things to consider in recommendation of contact lenses. According to the article, patient population and subjective visual lifestyle and comfort needs must be considered in recommending lens wear, spectacles and ocular medications. Reasons in recommending lenses for different types of patients, such as children and teens, college and presbyopic patients are also discussed in the article. Furthermore, the author also provides information on dry eye syndrome medication.

The article presents the business impact of contact lenses in eye-care practice. U.S. market statistics are presented, including the total number of contact lens wearers. Eye-care practitioners are classified according to how they promote contact lens wear and develop strong relationships with their patients. Their revenues are tracked over a 6-year period and analyzed. The study shows that the Best in Class practitioners generate more revenues. Advice are offered including maximizing patients' comfort and developing good patient relations.

The article presents tips for properly fitting progressive lenses for patients. In selecting the best design of lenses, optometrists should choose a design that would fit to the needs of his or her patients. In addition, they should listen to what the sales representatives say about their products. An optometrist should not worry about the lenses because manufacturers offered various designs, materials, and colors in the market.

The article offers guidelines for practitioners on fitting scleral contact lenses. The uses of scleral lenses are identified including its purpose as a moisture chamber and the provision of optical clarity. Advances in the design of scleral lenses are examined. Tips for fitting scleral lenses are offered such as using the consultation department, emphasis on diagnostic lens fitting, and ensuring the initial comfort of patients.

The article presents several tips for optometrists regarding their practice. One advice is to instill a 2.5 percent phenylephrine on nearly all patients at the beginning of pretesting. Another advice is to ask patients whether they are planning get new glasses as part of a clinical technician's pretesting routine.

The article looks at how optical practices can encourage patients to buy safety eyewear from them. Educating an existing client base can help sell eyewear to the practice's established patients. It is important to make sure that patients know they will get better care by purchasing their eyewear through the office, instead of the local hardware store. Some patients are willing to pay extra money for safety eyewear that they can wear both on the job and at home.

The article presents suggestions to find blue light solution for the eye care office. Topics discussed include form a trial group with co-workers or spouses of co-workers and compare their experiences with the lenses, offer solutions to patients and give them complete information on benefits of the products and guide patient to the right decision for them.

The article presents several case studies related to managing or treating cataract and postsurgical patients. It provides details about a 54-year-old female patient with complaints of blurred vision at both distance and near while wearing soft toric monovision contact lenses as well as a 49-year-old female patient looking to wear contact lenses again. It presents a case study of a 41-year-old post-refractive surgical patient looking for better vision in her contact lenses.

The article discusses the latest research that explores the potential causes for corneal infiltrative events (CIEs). It cites the risk factors for increased incidence of CIEs such as reusable soft contact lenses, extended-wear lenses and silicone hydrogel lenses. It suggests that patients' lens care habits maybe more to blame for CIEs than the lenses or care products themselves and the underscores the importance of being vigilant when discussing proper lens care.

The article focuses on the advantages of daily disposable contact lenses, including toric designs, and other technologies in eye care. The author mentions that daily disposable contact lenses offer patients better convenience of a fresh lens, minus the hassle of cleaning and monitoring a replacement schedule. They add that such contact lenses can also benefit astigmatic patients.

The article informs that fitting and dispensing contact lenses into the ophthalmic practice is not only a huge investment of money, but also time and energy. Plus, there is the task of getting the word out to patients. While the thought of marketing the dispensary can be overwhelming, numerous marketing support and educational programs are available from many contact lens manufacturers. Eye care firm Bausch & Lomb Inc. seeks a collaborative relationship with eyecare practitioners to help them market their offices and grow their respective products.

The article presents advances in contact lens. The introduction of silicone hydrogel polymers is leading to better understanding of what constitutes "safe" contact lens wear. Corneal imaging and topography enable better fitting of irregular corneas. New clinical studies demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of corneal refractive therapy with gas permeable lenses. The symposium on corneal remodeling with contact lenses attracted many papers from researchers attempting to better understand how to use this technology.

The article focuses on the paper by the International Association of Contact Lens Educators (IACLE) which calls for improvement in the contact lens hygiene. It states that IACLE stresses on trained professionals to be involved in the fitting and supply of contact lenses in all countries to help make sure their proper use. It is the position of IACLE that whenever contact lenses are fitted and supplied, safeguards must be ensure to help protect the health and comfort of wearers' eyes.

The article discusses the advances in contact lens (CL) materials and designs which brought advantages to eye care practitioners and patients alike. It cites moves that promoted successful lens wear in the eye care practice including rediscovering the value of fitting guides the CL manufacturers provide. According to the article, many practitioners wanted to get significant revenue from the CLs themselves.

In this article, the author suggests a number of ways to achieve competency relating to rigid gas-permeable contact lenses (RGPs). The author says that people with higher prescriptions, handling difficulties, small palpebral apertures and the very cost conscious are proved excellent candidates for RGP lenses. Also, competency in RGP aftercare would be expected to include the recognition and management of RGP-related problems.

The article discusses the examination of a patient with keratoconus and the fitting of his contact lenses. The patient's history and the results of topography are discussed. The traditional cone design was chosen for the patient because he had a small central nipple cone. The process of verifying the lens power is explained.

The article presents issues related to the innovative ways adopted by eyecare practitioners (ECPs) to address the latest information on presbyopic contact lens wear and the potential that prebyopes bring to practice in the U.S. It suggests the utilization of a systematic approach to fitting a package that includes multifocal contact lenses and Progressive Addition Lens (PALs) for presbyopic patients. It recommends addressing the multifocal contact lenses before presbyopia hits.

The article offers information on the gas permeable (GP) multifocal lens as a helpful tool on presbyopic patients. Improvements in soft multifocal contact lens technologies help meet the demands of patients. It states that there is high success rate on GP multifocal lenses specifically to patients with mild-to-moderate astigmatism.Moreover, it notes that when fitting lenses it is important to discuss vision expectations to each patient.

In this article the author discusses the significance of gas permeable (GP) contact lenses in the U.S. He mentions that GP contact lenses are designed with base curves steep enough to align with the central cornea which creates seal-off and debris entrapment. He states that the lower clearance of the contact lenses lets lids blink smoothly over the lens without dislodging. He added that the design of the lens lets the patient feel comfortable and can be worn up to 10 hours a day.

The article focuses on the need for contact lens practitioners to present new generation lenses to their patients. Practitioners should point out health and safety reasons for selecting newer types of lenses. In addition, practitioners must give patients a chance to try new technology lenses despite the price tag.

The article focuses on the challenges confronting most contact lens fitters in the U.S. Contact lens fitters should replace a lost lens for a satisfied general practitioner patient, however the new lens does not provide the same level of comfort as the lost lens. In addition, contact lens fitters are having problems with lenses that have similar base curves but have dissimilar fits.

The article reports on promoting the proper wearing of contact lenses in tough economic times. Eyecare providers have the responsibility to ensure that patients stay healthy and safe in wearing lenses and advising them on the financial aspects of keeping their prescriptions. It recommends having conversation with patients on the health and financial matters related to eyecare.

The article reports on the use of new technology in contact lenses when adverse responses appear after new products enter the market. It mentions a study which found that risk of infection decreases as more patients used new technology. The article recommends providing the best lenses even if there are initial adverse responses.

The article reports on recommendations on conversations with eyecare patients. It mentions that when presented with a complaint from a patient dissatisfied with contact lenses, providers must ask questions and make recommendations to validate one's expertise. The article also recommends how to deliver negative information to patients.

The article reports on the GP toric technology and applications. It states that one of the most challenging patients to a contact lens practitioner is the highly astigmatic patient who enters their office due to poor vision. The author notes that the lens design of choice is often a bitoric design in which the back surface has toric curves and the front surface corrects for induced cylinder.

This article reports on the importance of good communication when fitting young children with contact lenses. Some children cry on the initial visit and others cry when they become anxious or frustrated. It discusses that communicating with patients offers 90 percent or more of what is needed to know to successfully conduct an examination.

This article reports on the importance of brochures in communicating with patients. It is particularly useful to have a brochure regarding special topics such as medically necessary contact lens prescribing. A brochure presents a good bit of information and details this information which is a handy take-home reference for patients.

The article focuses on how the author faced difficulty while inserting contact lenses into one of her patient's eyes. When the author started to insert the lenses, the patient became very shaky. He started batting his eyelids. Every time the author repeated the process, the patient caused her similar problems. The author also illustrates how she lost her contact lenses in a pool of blood during a surgical operation.

The article relates the author's experience in being an Ortho K patient with Batemans Opticians. He shares his first real test of the practicalities of Ortho K. After a week of wearing Ortho K contact lenses, his visual quality was improved. He not even felt the hazy symptoms he had experienced and despite the gap in wear, he felt fully corrected all day.

The article focuses on teaching contact lens care and handling. Patience is the most important attribute of a good contact lens dispenser. The insertion of a contact lens for the very first time, although easy for some patients, can be a challenge for most patients. Even though the desire to wear contact lenses may be great, the natural reflex of the eye to an oncoming foreign body can be extreme. Often the patient is surprised and embarrassed by this response and that increases the level of anxiety. A calm reassuring manner helps the patient overcome these obstacles. INSET: Keep a supply of contact lens solution handy.

The article presents the author's view on contact lenses. In her practice over the last 10 years, the author has seen a vast improvement in contact lens materials. In the past, many of her patients with dry eye could not tolerate contacts. Now, she is happy to see that these patients can be fit with numerous new types of contact lenses--especially ones that contain the newest polimers such as ornafilcon with phosphorylcholine (PC) integrated into the polymer. These PC molecules attach to water allowing the lens to resist deposits thus function better.

The article focuses on contact lenses. Over the years, some eye-care professionals may have told patients that they could not wear contact lenses due to astigmatism or presbyopia. There area lot of reasons for this. The fact is that even 30 years ago hard contact lenses were available in front toric, back todc, bitoric, and a variety of bifocal designs. Even simple spherical designs were an excellent method of correction for many patients with some astigmatism. However, the products were often expensive for patients, and one or two failures resulting in a refund often turned contact lens fitters away from the whole idea. INSET: Contact lens options abound.

The article presents information on gas permeable contact lenses. In office modification of gas permeable (GP) lenses is a valuable service to provide to patients. Practitioners who truly believe that GP lenses should be an integral part of any contact lens practice provide this service to GP-wearing patients. Manufacturers and distributing labs often have packages that allows to receive a unit, tools for common procedures and polish. As the popularity of soft lenses increases, having the ability to modify GP lenses not only keeps patients in those lenses, but it also results in greater patient convenience and comfort.

Presents optometrists' experiences with Renu with MoistureLoc MultiPurpose Solution which provides a unique combination of ingredients that works to reduce end-of-the-day dryness typically experienced by a contact lens wearer. Increase in comfortable wear time; Ability to meet practitioners and patients' demands.