INTRODUCTION TO CONTACT

LENSES
 SOFT, RGP & SCLERAL
LENSES
SPECTACLES & CONTACT
LENS

Vertex Correction
 TYPES OF LENSES

Matter of Choice or Need (in case

Material (soft/hard)

Different Modalities (Soft lenses)

Cosmetic and/or Corrective lenses

Therapeutic lenses
 LENS PARAMETERS
Spherical Power

Cylindrical Power & Axis (Toric lens)

Base Curve (BC) in millimetre or diopter

Diameter (Dia)

Sagittal Depth (Sag)

Central Thickness

Other specifications
 OXYGEN PERMEABILITY

Dk & Dk/t

D= Diffusion coefficient, k =Solubility coefficient , t = thickness

Dk = Oxygen Permeability (material dependent)

Dk & Dk/t = Oxygen transmissibility (material, thickness, design

dependent)

Relationship between Water content & Dk value

SCLERAL LENSES

COMFORT- Equal to or better

than soft lenses

VISION- RGP Optics

QUALITY OF LIFE- Vision,

Symptoms, Emotional well being
PIGGY-BACK & HYBRID
LENSES
ORTHO-K LENS DESIGN
🙏 धन्यवाद 🙏

ANAND MURTI
MOptom, BOptom (AIIMS)
Formerly: Assistant Professor, Galgotias University

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