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Orthokeratology : principles and practice /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mountford, John, Dip App Sc
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Ruston, David, Dave, Trusit
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Edinburgh ; New York : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004.
Subjects:
Orthokeratology.
Contact lenses.
Contact Lenses
Corneal Topography
Myopia > therapy
Orthokératologie.
Lentilles de contact.
contact lenses.
Contact lenses
Orthokeratology
Miopia.
Lents de contacte.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • History and general principles
  • Corneal topography and its measurement
  • Overnight and extended wear of rigid gas-permeable (RGP) lenses
  • Design variables and fitting philosophies of reverse geometry lenses
  • Patient selection and preliminary examination
  • Trial lens fitting
  • Corneal and refractive changes due to orthokeratology
  • Computerized modeling of outcomes and lens fitting in orthokeratology
  • Lens delivery, aftercare routine and problem-solving
  • A model of forces acting in orthokeratology
  • The future.