Features
No-Fee CE: The Latest and Greatest in Soft Lenses
A look at breakthroughs in soft contact lenses—including materials, surface chemistry, adverse events, optics, myopia, and therapeutics—that are shaping modern clinical practice
By Debarun Dutta, PhD, JAMES S. WOLFFSOHN, BSC(OPTOM), MBA, PHD
When Dry Eye Meets Contact Lenses
How practitioners can optimize contact lens success in patients who have dry eye
By ELISE KRAMER, OD, FAAO
Web Exclusives
AI in Practice: Everyday Tools for Better Eye Care
In daily practice, patient habits often determine the success or failure of treatment—whether in managing dry eye, ensuring proper contact lens wear, or slowing the progression of myopia.
By DAVID L. KADING, OD, FAAO
Contact Lens Care & Compliance: Human Adenoviruses
Human adenoviruses (HAdVs) are nonenveloped, double-stranded DNA viruses.
By Melissa Barnett, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Contact Lens Case Reports: Managing Pterygium with Contact Lenses
Pterygia are fibrovascular degenerations of the bulbar conjunctiva that extend onto the corneal surface, often resulting in regular and irregular astigmatism
By Gregory W. DeNaeyer, OD, FAAO
Contact Lens Practice Pearls: Don’t Forget to LARS
With today's toric soft lens designs, stability has improved dramatically and many practitioners assume fittings will result in well-aligned lenses on the first try.
By JASON COMPTON, OD
Departments
Editor's Perspective: Setting the Bar High
By JASON J. NICHOLS, OD, MPH, PhD
Online Photo Diagnosis: Scleral Lens Prolapse on Post-Graft
A post-penetrating keratoplasty (PK) patient developed conjunctival prolapse after wearing a scleral lens in OD.
By LUCIANO BASTOS
The Scleral Lens Vault: Overnight Scleral Lenses
Wearing scleral lenses overnight is not a common practice, but it can be necessary for specific patients.
By SUZANNE WALTER SHERMAN, OD
Prescribing for Astigmatism: Steering the Toric Talk
Patients frequently exclude themselves as contact lens candidates because they have astigmatism.
By Emily Gottschalk, OD
Mastering Myopia: Starting Strong: Managing Myopia from the Onset
One challenge to effectively managing myopia is that parents and some practitioners don’t become concerned about myopia progression until the magnitude of myopia reaches some threshold level.
By BRETT O'CONNOR, OD
Supported Content
Can Eye Drops Help With Presbyopia and Daily Disposable Contact Lenses?
Presbyopia can be visually challenging for our patients, especially for those wearing daily disposable contact lenses.
By JASON R. MILLER, OD, MBA, FAAO
Does Solution Choice Impact Midday Fogging?
Fluid reservoir debris, commonly known as midday fogging, is a frequent observation among scleral lens (SL) wearers.
By Melissa Barnett, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Help Patients Maximize HSA/FSA Benefits with Alcon’s WaterInnovations™ Portfolio
Enhance patient loyalty while improving long-term patient and practice outcomes.
Conquering Barriers to Starting Ortho-k in Practice
Overcome barriers and successfully utilize ortho-k to manage myopia.
By Brooke M. Messer, OD, FSLS, FAAO
Scleral Lens Wear and IOP Stability
An evaluation of longitudinal variations in intraocular pressure after long-term scleral lens wear in Chinese eyes
By Melissa Barnett, OD, FAAO, FSLS
In the World of Anti-Myopia Spectacles, Where Does Ortho-k Fit into My Practice?
Anti-myopia spectacles provide a chance to introduce more families to myopia management.
By Sheila Morrison, OD
Fitting Children with Daily Disposable Contact Lenses
What’s your strategy with kids and contact lenses?
By JASON R. MILLER, OD, MBA, FAAO