Category: Contact Lenses

Contact lenses selection after the examination.

Posted by – October 8, 2010

If the anamnesis information and the results of the examination show no reasons for denying soft contact lenses prescription you have go through a very important phase of the examination: to help the patient choose the type of lenses, wearing mode and frequency of replacement. The most important property of polymer materials for contact lenses is the ability to pass oxygen. Currently there are five types of silicone-hydrogel soft contact lenses. All these contact lenses satisfy the cornea’s need of oxygen during daytime wearing. Doctor should try at least to insist on the fact that during the period of initial adaptation to contact lenses patient passed wearing silicone-hydrogel soft contact lenses. Purevision Toric contact lenses are made from silicone-hydrogel and thus path oxygen through the lens.  WebEyeCare carries a full line of Purevision Toric Contact lenses.