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January 2015 |
Features
Contact Lenses 2014
By Jason J. Nichols, OD, MPH, PhD, FAAO
The industry maintained healthy growth in 2014, with some categories poised for strong expansion.
International Contact Lens Prescribing in 2014
By Philip B. Morgan, PhD, MCOptom, FAAO, FBCLA; Craig A. Woods, PhD, MCOptom, DipCLP, FAAO; Ioannis G. Tranoudis, DO, MSc, PhD, FIACLE, FBCLA; Magne Helland, BSc, MScOptom, FIACLE...
Our 14th annual report in CLS provides information about 25,000 fits in 32 markets.
Controversies in Contact Lens Care
By Thomas G. Quinn Jr., OD, MS; Jeffrey J. Walline, OD, PhD; Jeffrey Sonsino, OD; Edward S. Bennett, OD, MSEd; Shalu Pal, OD; Glenda B. Secor, OD; & Randall F. Fuerst, OD
A comparison of survey results from a recent AOA event to current evidence-based outcomes.
Departments
editor’s perspective
BY JASON J. NICHOLS, OD, MPH, PHD, FAAO
The Contact Lens Event of 2014
Research Review
BY ERIC PAPAS, PHD, MCOPTOM, DIPCL, FAAO
Biosensing Contact Lenses and Glaucoma
Prescribing for Presbyopia
BY CRAIG W. NORMAN, FCLSA
Managing Your Patients’ Expectations
GP Insights
BY MELISSA BARNETT, OD, FAAO, FSLS; MICHAEL A. WARD, MMSC, FAAO; & EDWARD S. BENNETT, OD, MSED, FAAO
Preventing and Managing Scleral Lens Deposits
Contact Lens Design & Materials
BY DAVID L. KADING, OD, FAAO
When a Material Is Not Enough
Dry Eye Dx and Tx
BY WILLIAM TOWNSEND, OD, FAAO
Lessons from the IWMGD
Contact Lens Care & Compliance
BY SUSAN J. GROMACKI, OD, MS, FAAO
Lens Care and Compliance Research from AAO 2014
Industry Focus
BY JASON J. NICHOLS, OD, MPH, PHD, FAAO
A Look at X-Cel Specialty Contacts, A Walman Company
Contact Lens Practice Pearls
BY GREGORY J. NIXON, OD, FAAO
Keep Trying New Products in the New Year
The Business of Contact Lenses
BY GARY GERBER, OD
Staff Management Plans in the New Year
The Scleral Lens Vault
BY GREGORY W. DENAEYER, OD, FAAO
Scleral Lenses and the Limbus
Treatment Plan
BY WILLIAM L. MILLER, OD, MS, PHD, FAAO
Managing Traveler’s Contact Lens-Associated Keratitis
Reader and Industry Forum
BY KEITH PARKER, NCLEC
GP Compliance Packs Reinforce Patient Education
Contact Lens Case Reports
BY PATRICK J. CAROLINE, FAAO, & MARK P. ANDRÉ, FAAO
Understanding Corneal and Scleral Shape