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Specialty Contact Lenses

  • 1st Edition - May 19, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Daddi Fadel, Melissa Barnett
  • Language: English

Offering a clinical definition and classification for specialty contact lenses, this unique reference discusses the clinical features and customization of every type of contac… Read more

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Offering a clinical definition and classification for specialty contact lenses, this unique reference discusses the clinical features and customization of every type of contact lens modality in a variety of clinical settings. Specialty Contact Lenses covers all aspects of this wide-ranging field, including specialty multifocal lenses, novel technology, telemedicine, myopia management, contact lenses in sports, visual rehabilitation, pediatric and geriatric considerations, electrochemical and optical sensing technologies, contact lens enhancement, future applications, and much more.

Key features

  • 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
  • An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud

Readership

Optometry students / residents; optometrists

Table of contents

PART 1: Advancing Specialty Contact Lens Practice

1. Definition and Classification of Specialty Contact Lenses

2. Basic Anatomy and Physiology of the Ocular Surface

3. Digital Photography and Videography

4. Technologies for a Specialty Contact Lens Practice

5. Building and Maintaining a Specialty Lens Practice

6. Telemedicine and Contact Lens Practice

PART 2: Planned Extended Wear

7. Hydrogel and Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses for Planned Extended Wear

PART 3: Rehabilitative Contact Lenses

8. Irregular Cornea and Keratoconus

9. On Customized Soft Contact Lenses

10. Corneal Lenses

11. Scleral Lenses

12. Scleral Lenses and Wavefront-Guided Optics

13. Hybrid Contact Lenses

14. Specialty Contact Lenses for Presbyopia: Multifocals

PART 4: Therapeutic Contact Lenses

15. Therapeutic Bandage Contact Lenses

16. Combined Contact Lens and Medication Indications

PART 5: Prosthetic and Cosmetic Contact Lenses

17. Prosthetic and Cosmetic Contact Lenses

PART 6: Myopia Control

18. Introduction to Myopia

19. Preliminary Myopia Management Evaluation and Follow-Up

20. Myopia Management and Treatment Methods: Spectacles, Specialty Contact Lenses, and Environmental Factors

PART 7: Ortho-K Lenses

21. Ortho-K Lenses

PART 8: Applications for Pediatric and Aging Populations

22. Specialty Contact Lenses in the Pediatric Population

23. Keratoconus, Contact Lenses, and the Aging Process

PART 9: Enhanced Contact Lenses

24. Contact Lens Enhancement

PART 10: Smart Contact Lenses

25. Future Applications of Contact Lenses

PART 11: Handling and Care

26. In-Office Contact Lens Disinfection

27. Care and Handling of Soft Contact Lenses

28. Care and Handling of Rigid Contact Lenses

29. Care and Handling of Hybrid Lenses

30. Contact Lens Case Care

Index

Review quotes

“…a comprehensive, detailed review of specialty contact lenses… The book is helpful for students and residents who are just starting to gain experience in specialty contact lenses, but it is also a useful review for doctors who have dealt with these lenses for long periods… The quality of this book is superb, and it will become a staple textbook in the field of contact lenses. It is extremely useful for anyone learning about or interested in fitting specialty contact lenses, and it offers insight into applications that are often overlooked during brief reviews of the subject. I highly recommend this book to anyone who works or spends time in a clinic that fits contact lenses so that they can recognize when specialty contact lenses could be used and potentially feel comfortable fitting the lenses themselves.”

Review by Megan Patterson, OD (Southern College of Optometry), ©Doody's Review Service, 2026. Doody's Score: 100, 5 Stars!

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 18, 2025
  • Language: English

About the editors

DF

Daddi Fadel

Daddi Fadel, DOptom, FSLS, FBCLA, FAAO, FIACLE Clinical Scientist. Center for Ocular Research and Education (CORE): Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; Founder, European School of Scleral Lenses (EUROSCOLE).
Affiliations and expertise
Founder, European School of Scleral Lenses (EUROSCOLE); Clinical Scientist, Center for Ocular Research and Education (CORE); Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

MB

Melissa Barnett

Melissa Barnett is Director of Optometry, University of California Davis, Founding Charter Member of the Intrepid Eye Society, Davis, California.
Affiliations and expertise
Director of Optometry, University of California Davis, Founding Charter Member of the Intrepid Eye Society, Davis, California, USA

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