Contact Lens Practice,
Edition 4
By Nathan Efron, Efron, BSCOptom, PhD, DSc, FAAO, FIACLE, FCCLSA, FBCLA, FACO

Publication Date: 23 Feb 2023
Description

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
Table of Contents
 Front Matter
1 History
2 Anterior Eye
3 Visual Optics
4 History
4 Anterior Eye
4 Visual Optics
4 Soft Lens Materials
5 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 Design and Fitting
10 Soft Toric Lens Design and Fitting
10 Soft Lens Care and Systems
11 Rigid Lens Materials
12 Rigid Lens Manufacture
13 Rigid Lens Materials
13 Rigid Lens Manufacture
13 Rigid Lens Optics
14 Rigid Lens Measurement
15 Rigid Corneal Lens Design and Fitting
16 Rigid Toric Lens Design and Fitting
17 Rigid Scleral and Corneoscleral Lens Design and Fitting
18 Rigid Lens Care Systems
19 Daily Disposable Lenses
20 Reusable Lenses
21 Tinted Lenses
22 Presbyopia
23 Extended wear
24 Sport
25 Keratoconus
26 High Ametropia
27 Babies and Children
28 Therapeutic Applications
29 Post-Surgery
30 Orthokeratology
31 Myopia Control
32 Diabetes
33 History Taking
34 Diagnostic Instruments
35 Preliminary Examination
36 Patient Education
37 Preliminary Examination
37 Patient Education
37 Aftercare
38 Complications
39 Compliance
40 Practice Management
 A Contact lens design and specifications
 B Contact lens tolerances
 C Vertex distance correction
 D Corneal curvature – corneal power conversion
 E Extended Keratometer Range Conversion
 F Soft Lens Average Thickness
 G Soft Lens Oxygen Performance
 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
 G Hydrogel Lens Oxygen Performance
 H Constant Edge Clearance Rigid Corneal Lens Designs
 I Soft Toric Lens Misalignment Demonstrator
 J Contact Lens Dry Eye Questionnaire-8 (CLDEQ-8)
 K Efron Grading Scales for Contact Lens Complications
 L Scleral Lens Fit Scales
 Index
41 Aftercare
41 Complications
41 Compliance
41 Practice Management
Book 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)
Book details
ISBN: 9780702084270
Page Count: 528
Retail Price : £135.99
Audience

Optometry students