Specialty Contact Lenses: A Fitter's Guide

Designed especially for the busy practitioner, this new book offers on-the-spot assistance for special fitting situations that are not encountered every day. It represents a compilation of the best advice from foremost authorities on specialty fitting. Unlike any other book of its kind, this task-specific guide provides concise, uncomplicated instructions. Users will conveniently expand their range of contact lens modalities. Topics include toric, aspheric, presbyopia, disposable, pediatrics, and post-surgical, and more. Extremely useful appendices cover basic fitting skills, lens care & dispensing, RGP modification, complications, liability & malpractice. Text boxes presenting "things you should know" offer handy hints and considerations. "How to" charts provide step-by-step instructions in logical order. For easy access, each chapter covers an individual special fitting situation -- type of lens or patient condition. Easy-to-use guide for the eye care specialist who wishes to expand their range of contact lens modalities.