CLToday Fitting Tip of the Month

July 2006

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Toric Soft Lens Fitting Tips
Manufacturing tolerances of soft toric contact lenses are not the same as spectacle lenses. In fact, a soft toric lens with a power of 1.25D cylinder may have a tolerance as high as 8˚. Therefore, it would be prudent to over-refract for the resultant cylinder axis as well as sphere and cylinder power.
    Be careful when refitting a toric patient into a new material such as a silicone hydrogel. The over-refraction may change after the initial refit due to the increased transmissibility and modulus, as well as the tolerances related to the manufacturing process.
Bruce Hankin, O.D., F.A.A.O.,
Penfield, N.Y.
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