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Contact Lens Practice,

Edition 4

Editors: By Nathan Efron, Efron, BSCOptom, PhD, DSc, FAAO, FIACLE, FCCLSA, FBCLA, FACO

Publication Date: 23 Feb 2023

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Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Optometry

The field of contact lenses continues to evolve at a rapid pace, with new optical designs and vision correction options continually being developed. Additionally, the rapid expansion of clinical instrumentation offers eye care practitioners a wide choice of investigative techniques for assessing in-eye contact lens performance and diagnosing adverse reactions.

Now in its fourth edition, Contact Lens Practice has been thoroughly updated and revised to capture these developments and more, and translate them into an organised and easily digestible resource. Written and edited by award-winning author, researcher, and lecturer, Professor Nathan Efron, this title provides a comprehensive, evidence-based overview of the scientific foundations and clinical applications of contact lens fitting. The text has been refreshed by the inclusion of five new authors – a mixture of scientists and clinicians, all of whom are at the cutting edge of their specialty.

Key Features

Serves as an essential companion and guide to current thinking and practice in the content lens field, ideal for use by optometrists, ophthalmologists, orthoptists, opticians, students, and contact lens industry professionals
Presents subject matter in a clear and logical format to allow the reader to quickly identify and comprehend key information
Features highly illustrated chapters in full colour, helping the reader to visualize core concepts
Includes completely rewritten chapters, by new authors, on scleral and corneo-scleral contact lenses, high ametropia, therapeutic applications, post-surgical lens fitting, and practice management
A new chapter on Post-Surgery Management consolidates core information on post-operative management involving contact lenses
Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices

About the author

By Nathan Efron, Efron, BSCOptom, PhD, DSc, FAAO, FIACLE, FCCLSA, FBCLA, FACO, Research Professor, School of Optometry and Vision Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

Part I Introduction
1. Historical perspective
2. Anterior eye
3. Visual optics

Part II Soft contact lenses
4. Soft lens materials
5. Soft lens manufacture
6. Soft lens optics
7. Soft lens measurement
8. Soft lens design and fitting
9. Soft toric lens design and fitting
10. Soft lens care systems

Part III Rigid contact lenses
11. Rigid lens materials
12. Rigid lens manufacture
13. Rigid lens optics
14. Rigid lens measurement
15. Rigid lens design and fitting
16. Rigid toric lens design and fitting
17. Rigid lens care systems

Part IV Lens replacement modalities
18. Daily disposable soft lenses
19. Reusable soft lenses
20. Planned replacement rigid lenses

Part V Special lenses and fitting considerations
21. Presbyopia
22. Extended wear
23. Scleral lenses
24. Orthokeratology
25. Myopia Control
26. Keratoconus
27. High ametropia
28. Babies and children
29. Therapeutic applications
30. Post- surgery
31. Sport
32. Tinted lenses and ultra-violet Protection
33. Diabetes

Part VI Patient examination and management
34. History taking
35. Diagnostic instruments
36. Preliminary examination
37. Patient education
38. Aftercare
39. Complications
40. Compliance
41. Infection control
42. Practice management

Appendices
A. Contact lens design and specifications
B. Contact lens tolerances
C. Vertex distance correction
D. Corneal curvature – corneal power conversion
E. Hydrogel lens average thickness
F. Hydrogel lens oxygen performance
G. Constant edge clearance rigid lens designs
H. Soft toric lens misalignment demonstrator
I. Contact lens dry eye questionnaire
J. Efron grading scales for contact lens complications
K. Scleral lens fit scales

Title Reviews

"This fourth-edition book serves as a guide to the history of contact lenses, ocular surface anatomy, types of contact lenses, replacement modalities, specialty lenses, and appropriate patient examination and management considerations. Divided into six parts, it begins with basic information on the history of contact lenses with further chapters outlining advanced materials and complex fitting considerations. The book outlines major advances in lens materials, designs, and complications since the first edition. It reviews current clinical diagnostic instrumentation, including corneal topography, ocular biometry, and optical coherence tomography. Full-color images, illustrations, and tables enhance the text. The book is an essential guide for contact lens examinations, fitting, material selection, and resolving complications." -©Doody’s Review Service, 2023, Cheryl E Mengelt, OD (Southern College of Optometry)

ISBN: 9780702084270

Page Count: 528

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