Practitioner and patient experience with a silicone hydrogel, daily disposable contact lens.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Webley, David; Fournier, Mailie
- Source
- Optician. 4/5/2019, Issue 6696, p20-23. 4p.
- Subject
- *HYDROGELS
*CONTACT lens fitting
*CONTACT lenses
*SOFT contact lenses
*PATIENTS' attitudes
*SILICONES
- Language
- ISSN
- 0030-3968
The article focuses on the 25th anniversary of daily disposable (DD) contact lenses (CL) and mentions availability of silicone hydrogel (SiH) since several years. Topics discussed include satisfaction of ophthalmologists with SiH DD and its performance, provisin of good vision quality and oxygenation to eyes and considration of upgrades for those wearing hydrogels.