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1.INTRODUCTION TO CONTACT LENSES: HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT OF CONTACT LENSES, CONTACT LENSES TERMS AND STANDARDS, CONTACT LENSES CLASSIFICATION.
2. CONTACT LENSES ENVIRONMENT: CORNEA (ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY), TEAR SYSTEM AND ITS FUNCTIONS. EYELIDS AND CONJUNCTIVE.
3.CONTACT LENS MATERIALS: CLASSIFICATION, THE NATURE OF POLYMERIC MATERIALS, PROPERTIES OF CONTACT LENS MATERIALS.
4. INDICATIONS AND CONTRA-INDICATIONS OF CONTACT LENS WEARING: PSHYCOLOGICAL INFLUENCES, PATHOLOGICAL, REFRACTIVE AND INDIVIDUAL FACTORS.
5.PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION: CASE HISTORY, EXTERNAL EYE EXAMINATION WITH SLIT LAMP, BASELINE RECORDING BY GRADING SCALES SYSTEM, TEAR ASSESMENT, TOPOGRAPHY, PUPILLOGRAPHY ABERROMETRY.
6.OPTICS OF CONTACT LENSES: PRACTICAL EFFECTS OF OPTICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CONTACT LENSES AND SPECTACLES DUE TO ELIMINATION OF VERTEX DISTANCE. TEAR FILM EFFECTS.
7. RIGID CONTACT LENSES: MATERIALS, METHODS OF MANUFACTURE, LENS DESIGNS, FITTING TECHNIQUES. FORCES AFFECTING THE LENS ON THE EYE. EXAMINATION TECHNIQUES. LENS CARE AND MAINTENANCE. HARD LENS VERIFICATIONS PROCEDURES. MODIFICATIONS PROCEDURES. PATIENT INSTRUCTIONS AND AFTER CARE.
8.SOFT CONTACT LENSES: MATERIALS, METHODS OF SOFT LENS MANUFACTURE, LENS DESIGNS, FITTING TECHNIQUES. EXAMINATION TECHNIQUES. LENS CARE AND MAINTENANCE. SOFT LENS VERIFICATIONS PROCEDURES.
9. LABORATORY PRACTISE: CASE HISTORY, EXTERNAL EYE EXAMINATION WITH SLIT LAMP, BASELINE RECORDING BY GRADING SCALES SYSTEM, TEAR ASSESMENT, TOPOGRAPHY, PUPILLOGRAPHY ABERROMETRY, FITTING TECHNIQUES FOR HARD AND SOT CONTACT LENSES, LENS VERIFICATIONS PROCEDURES.
(reference books)
L’ESAME PUÒ ESSERE PREPARATO CON L’AUSILIO DI:
1. MANUALE DI RIFERIMENTO (A SCELTA):
-LUPELLI L, FLETCHER R, ROSSI A. "CONTATTOLOGIA. UNA GUIDA CLINICA. MEDICAL BOOKS 1998.
-GASSON A., MORRIS J.A. “THE CONTACT LENS MANUAL. A PRATICAL GUIDE TO FITTING” FOURTH EDITION. ED. BUTTERWORTH-HEINEMANN 2010.
2. DISPENSE:
-STAMPATI DELLE SLIDES PRESENTATE A LEZIONE (SCARICABILI DA http://www.scienze.uniroma3.it/users/151)
GLI ARGOMENTI TRATTATI POSSONO ESSERE APPROFONDITI CONSULTANDO I SEGUENTI RIFERIMENTI:
MANUALI
• VEYS J, MEYLER J, DAVIES I. ELEMENTI ESSENZIALI NELLA PRATICA DELLE LENTI A CONTATTO. THE VISION CARE INSTITUTE 2009.
.EFRON N. “CONTACT LENS PRACTICE”. SECOND EDITION. ED. BUTTERWORTH-HEINEMANN 2010.
• ZERI F, CALOSSI A, FOSSETTI A, ROSSETTI A. OTTICA VISUALE. Editrice Universo Roma, 2012.
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