Contact Lens Practice : A Clinical Guide Book

	Introduction
Pt. I	The Background to Contact Lenses	1
1	Contact lens development	3
2	Contact lens types: advantages and disadvantages	6
Pt. II	Hard Corneal Lenses	15
3	Hard materials	17
4	Corneal lens design	33
5	Fitting techniques	50
6	Assessment of corneal lens performance	73
7	Hard contact lens care	79
8	Patient instruction	85
9	Aftercare	93
10	Hard contact lens records and discussion	114
Pt. III	Soft Contact Lenses	119
11	Hydrogel materials, classification and checking	121
12	Hydrogel lenses, types and uses	131
13	Main methods of hydrogel lens manufacture	137
14	Selecting and fitting hydrogel lenses	143
15	Hydrogel lens handling and care solutions	159
16	Aftercare	168
17	Hydrogel case records	172
18	Hydrogel EW, disposable and frequent replacement	180
Pt. IV	Scleral Contact Lenses	187
19	Scleral or haptic contact lenses	189
20	Fenestrated lenses for optic measurement	204
21	Preformed scleral lenses	208
22	Orders for scleral lenses	213
23	Scleral lens case reports	215
	Appendix A Modifications to lenses	225
	Appendix B Contact lens practice worldwide	229
	Appendix C Review of some optical features	231
	Appendix D Table of radii and powers	234
	Appendix E Presbyopia and contact lenses	235
	Appendix F Data on some hard lens materials	236
	Appendix G Classified slit lamp observations	237
	Appendix H Contact lenses in infancy	239
	Revision questions	241
	References	243
	Index	252