Association of Optometrists


CET

Ophthalmic Lenses - A Rapid Review and Update

This lecture will offer delegates an overview of ophthalmic lens materials, AR coatings and modern progressive lens designs.  It will consider developments in production & manufacture along with the features & most importantly benefits the latest technology offers patients. 

Speakers:

Key learning points:

  1. The production process used to create spectacle lens materials.
  2. The benefits that thermoplastic & thermosetting lens materials offer patients.
  3. The latest manufacturing techniques that are being employed to generate modern progressive lens designs.
  4. The benefits that the latest generation of progressive lenses offer patients.
  5. The process used to apply hard multi anti-reflection coatings.
  6. The recent evolution of anti-reflection coatings and the improved benefits they offer patients.

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