Understand and meet your patients' eyewear needs with the reference that covers every aspect of dispensing from basic terminology to frame selection to eyewear fitting, adjusting, and repairing. System for Ophthalmic Dispensing, 4th Edition, provides a step-by-step system for properly fitting and adjusting eyewear, including the nuances of lens selection, making it an ideal resource both for students who are just learning about dispensing and practitioners who want to keep their skills up to date. Thorough discussions of every topic and hundreds of newly revised and enhanced review questions make this a one-stop educational and clinical resource for today's eyecare professionals.
1. Introduction - p. 409 2. Aniseikonia - p. 409 3. Correcting Aniseikonia With Spectacle Lenses - p. 412 4. Prismatic Effect of Lens Pairs - p. 415 5. Vertical Imbalance - p. 416 6. Correcting for Vertical Imbalance - p. 417 7. Determining the Correct Amount of Compensation for Vertical Imbalance - p. 419 8. Methods for Determining the Prism Correction Needed - p. 419 9. Correcting the Full Imbalance by Calculations - p. 420 10. Fitting, Measuring, and Calculating for Slab Off With Progressive Add Lenses - p. 421 11. Designing a Lens to Change the Appearance of a Blind Eye - p. 427 12. References - p. 430 13. Proficiency Test - p. 430 14. 22 Absorptive Lenses - p. 434 15. Abstract - p. 434 16. Classification - p. 434 17. The Effect of Visible and Nonvisible Light on the Eye - p. 434 18. Required Amounts of Absorption - p. 437 19. Color Characteristics - p. 438 20. Sunglasses - p. 441 21. Dyeing Plastic Lenses - p. 442 22. Lens Coatings - p. 444 23. Photochromic Lenses - p. 451 24. Polarizing Lenses - p. 451 25. Glare Control Lenses - p. 455 26. Specialty Absorptive Lenses - p. 458 27. Absorptive Lens Calculations - p. 461 28. How Index of Refraction Affects the Transmission of a Spectacle Lens (the Fresnel Equation) - p. 461 29. Why a Tinted Glass Lens Becomes Darker When Its Plus Power Increases (Lambert's Law of Absorption) - p. 462 30. Ultimate Transmission - p. 463 31. Opacity - p. 463 32. Optical Density - p. 463 33. References - p. 463 34. Proficiency Test - p. 466 35. 23 Lens Materials, Safety Eyewear, and Sports Eyewear - p. 469 36. 24 How Lenses Are Edged - p. 486 37. Appendix A ANSI Z80.1 Prescription Ophthalmic Lenses—Recommendations - p. 498 38. Appendix B Special-Purpose Frames - p. 502 39. Appendix C Correcting Vertical Imbalance for Both Distance and Near Viewing - p. 503 40. Proficiency Test Answer Key - p. 505 41. Chapter 1 - p. 505 42. Chapter 2 - p. 505 43. Chapter 3 - p. 505 44. Chapter 4 - p. 506 45. Chapter 5 - p. 506 46. Chapter 6 - p. 507 47. Chapter 7 - p. 508 48. Chapter 8 - p. 508 49. Chapter 9 - p. 509 50. Chapter 10 - p. 510 51. Chapter 11 - p. 510 52. Chapter 12 - p. 511 53. Chapter 13 - p. 513 54. Chapter 14 - p. 514 55. Chapter 15 - p. 514 56. Chapter 16 - p. 515 57. Chapter 17 - p. 517 58. Chapter 18 - p. 517 59. Chapter 19 - p. 518 60. Chapter 20 - p. 519 61. Chapter 21 - p. 520 62. Chapter 22 - p. 521 63. Chapter 23 - p. 522 64. Chapter 24 - p. 523 65. Glossary - p. 524 66. Index - p. 539
Understand and meet your patients' eyewear needs with the reference that covers every aspect of dispensing from basic terminology to frame selection to eyewear fitting, adjusting, and repairing. System for Ophthalmic Dispensing, 4th Edition, provides a step-by-step system for properly fitting and adjusting eyewear, including the nuances of lens selection, making it an ideal resource both for students who are just learning about dispensing and practitioners who want to keep their skills up to date. Thorough discussions of every topic and hundreds of newly revised and enhanced review questions make this a one-stop educational and clinical resource for today's eyecare professionals.
1. Introduction - p. 409 2. Aniseikonia - p. 409 3. Correcting Aniseikonia With Spectacle Lenses - p. 412 4. Prismatic Effect of Lens Pairs - p. 415 5. Vertical Imbalance - p. 416 6. Correcting for Vertical Imbalance - p. 417 7. Determining the Correct Amount of Compensation for Vertical Imbalance - p. 419 8. Methods for Determining the Prism Correction Needed - p. 419 9. Correcting the Full Imbalance by Calculations - p. 420 10. Fitting, Measuring, and Calculating for Slab Off With Progressive Add Lenses - p. 421 11. Designing a Lens to Change the Appearance of a Blind Eye - p. 427 12. References - p. 430 13. Proficiency Test - p. 430 14. 22 Absorptive Lenses - p. 434 15. Abstract - p. 434 16. Classification - p. 434 17. The Effect of Visible and Nonvisible Light on the Eye - p. 434 18. Required Amounts of Absorption - p. 437 19. Color Characteristics - p. 438 20. Sunglasses - p. 441 21. Dyeing Plastic Lenses - p. 442 22. Lens Coatings - p. 444 23. Photochromic Lenses - p. 451 24. Polarizing Lenses - p. 451 25. Glare Control Lenses - p. 455 26. Specialty Absorptive Lenses - p. 458 27. Absorptive Lens Calculations - p. 461 28. How Index of Refraction Affects the Transmission of a Spectacle Lens (the Fresnel Equation) - p. 461 29. Why a Tinted Glass Lens Becomes Darker When Its Plus Power Increases (Lambert's Law of Absorption) - p. 462 30. Ultimate Transmission - p. 463 31. Opacity - p. 463 32. Optical Density - p. 463 33. References - p. 463 34. Proficiency Test - p. 466 35. 23 Lens Materials, Safety Eyewear, and Sports Eyewear - p. 469 36. 24 How Lenses Are Edged - p. 486 37. Appendix A ANSI Z80.1 Prescription Ophthalmic Lenses—Recommendations - p. 498 38. Appendix B Special-Purpose Frames - p. 502 39. Appendix C Correcting Vertical Imbalance for Both Distance and Near Viewing - p. 503 40. Proficiency Test Answer Key - p. 505 41. Chapter 1 - p. 505 42. Chapter 2 - p. 505 43. Chapter 3 - p. 505 44. Chapter 4 - p. 506 45. Chapter 5 - p. 506 46. Chapter 6 - p. 507 47. Chapter 7 - p. 508 48. Chapter 8 - p. 508 49. Chapter 9 - p. 509 50. Chapter 10 - p. 510 51. Chapter 11 - p. 510 52. Chapter 12 - p. 511 53. Chapter 13 - p. 513 54. Chapter 14 - p. 514 55. Chapter 15 - p. 514 56. Chapter 16 - p. 515 57. Chapter 17 - p. 517 58. Chapter 18 - p. 517 59. Chapter 19 - p. 518 60. Chapter 20 - p. 519 61. Chapter 21 - p. 520 62. Chapter 22 - p. 521 63. Chapter 23 - p. 522 64. Chapter 24 - p. 523 65. Glossary - p. 524 66. Index - p. 539
