PRESENTATION SYNOPSIS
The gap between potential CL wearers and actual wearers is wide. What can be done to bridge it? Contact lenses have evolved significantly in terms of materials, designs, wear modality, care products and systems. However, this development does not seem to have proportionally translated into growth of CL market. The importance of proactive CL recommendation and counselling by practitioners in increasing the number of patients fitted with CLs has been established. Yet, CLs as mode of vision correction is not discussed regularly during a typical eye examination. This lecture covers different approaches of recommending contact lenses along with their effectiveness. It also includes the important questions to be asked before recommending lenses, how & when to introduce lenses, and a standard procedure.
