Specialty Contact Lenses

• Presents evidence-based clinical guidance on the selection and fitting of specialty contact lenses, including scleral lenses, bandage contact lenses, customized and extended wear soft contact lenses, corneal lenses, hybrid lenses, tinted lenses, and more.
• Covers a wide range of eye disorders and how to manage them using specialty lenses, including corneal disorders, ocular surface diseases, low vision, binocular vision, aberration control, drug delivery, myopia, and presbyopia.
• Features high-quality figures throughout illustrating specialty lens design and application for various disorders and settings.
• Covers the latest information on emerging technologies such as smart contact lenses, optical sensing technologies, drug delivery, and contact lens enhancements.
• Includes practical guidance and considerations for building and managing a specialty contact lens practice, with information on billing and coding, social media, telemedicine, and marketing.

Section 1: Introduction to Specialty Contact Lenses

1. Basic Anatomy and Physiology of the Ocular Surface Tissues

2. Definition and Classification of Specialty Contact Lenses

3. Hygiene, Contact Lens Care, and Case Contamination

4. Digital Imaging

5. Diagnostic Technology for the Specialty Contact Lens Practice

Section 2: Therapeutic and Rehabilitative Contact Lenses

6. Introduction to Therapeutic and Rehabilitative Contact Lenses

7. Hydrogel & Silicone Hydrogel

8. Soft Contact Lens: Customized and Extended Wear

9. Rigid Contact Lenses

10. Scleral Lenses

11. Hybrid Contact Lenses

12. Multifocal Contact Lens for Presbyopia

13. Bandage Contact Lenses

14. Prosthetic and Therapeutic Tinted Contact Lenses

15. Combination of Contact Lenses with Medical and Drug Therapies

Section 3: Myopia Considerations

16. Introduction to Myopia

17. Preliminary Myopia Evaluation and Binocular Vision

18. Myopia Control and Treatment Methods: Spectacles, Specialty Contact Lenses, and Environmental Factors

Section 4: Special Populations

19. Pediatric Contact Lenses

20. Considerations for Geriatric Populations

Section 5: Vision Enhancement

21. High-order Aberration Correction

Section 6: Smart Contact Lenses and Future Technologies

22. Electrochemical or Optical Sensing Technologies and Future Applications of Contact Lenses

23. Contact Lens Enhancement

Section 7: Considerations for the Specialty Lens Practice

24. Building and Maintaining a Specialty Contact Lens Practice

25. Telemedicine