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Current Australian Contact Lens Practice* |
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| Authors: | HELEN SWARBRICK DAVID PYE BRIEN A HOLDEN |
| Abstract: | ABSTRACT: A survey was sent to 572 contact lens practitioners in order to ascertain trends in Australian contact lens practice. Replies were obtained from 134 optometrists and 8 ophthalmologists. The results indicate a resurgence of interest in soft lenses, a high usage of toric soft lenses, a dramatic reduction in PMMA usage and an increase in the use of gas permeable lenses. Possible reasons for these apparent trends are discussed. |
| Keywords: | Contact lens soft contact lens hard contact lens PMMA contact lens soft toric contact lens gas permeable contact lens practitioner survey |