| Center |
| Faculty of Physics |
| Departament |
| Optics and Optometry and Vision Sciences |
| Lecturers in charge |
| H4346 - ANTONIO LOPEZ ALEMANY |
| Met. Docent |
| METHODOLOGY Assessment based on a written multiple choice question exam. |
| Met. Avaluació |
| - - |
| Bibliografia |
| - MANUAL DE CONTACTOLOGÍA. Editor: A. López Alemany. Editorial Scriba, Barcelona. 1997 - Lentes de contacto: Materiales y aspectos clínicos. Editor: A: López Alemany. Editorial Ulleye, Xàtiva, 1998. - Atlas de biomicroscopía ocular. J. González Cavada. Editorial Complutense, Madrid, 2000. - Atlas de lentes de contacto. F. Hidalgo y J. González. Edita Centro Boston, Madrid, 1998. - The Contact Lens Manual, A practical fitting guide. Andrew Gasson, Judith Morris. Editorial Butterwoth-Heinemann, Oxford, 1998. - Manual of contact lens prescribing and fitting. Editor: M. M. Hom. Editorial Butterwoth-Heinemann, Oxford, 1997. - Complicaciones de las lentes de contacto. Editor: J. A. Duran de la Colina. Tecni |
| Continguts |
| CONTENTS To introduce the students to the process of selection and adaptation of contact lenses as compensatory, aesthetic or therapeutic elements. To make the student deduce the necessary knowledge for the adaptation of contact lenses based on the knowledge of their materials, design and optics. LESSON I. CONCEPT. HISTORY OF CONTACTOLOGY. CURRENT DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES. LESSON II. TERMINOLOGY IN CONTACTOLOGY LESSON III. ANATOMY, HISTOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE OCULAR STRUCTURES AND APPENDAGES RELATED TO THE ADAPTATION OF CONTACT LENSES. LESSON IV. MATERIALS USED IN CONTACTOLOGY LESSON V. GEOMETRY OF THE CONTACT LENS LESSON VI. OPTICS OF THE CONTACT LENS LESSON VII: PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS LESSON VIII. MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CORNEAL SURFACE. LESSON IX. METHODOLOGY: ADAPTATION OF SPHERICAL RIGID CONTACT LENSES. LESSON X. METHODOLOGY: ADAPTATION OF SPHERICAL SOFT CONTACT LENSES. LESSON XI. METHODOLOGY: ADAPTATION OF TORIC RIGID CONTACT LENSES. LESSON XII. METHODOLOGY: ADAPTATION OF TORIC SOFT CONTACT LENSES. LESSON XIII: CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS FOR CONTACT LENSES. LESSON XIV. POST-ADAPTATION: TRACKING AND CONTROL. LESSON XV. ANALYSIS AND CONTROL OF THE PARAMETERS OF CONTACT LENSES LESSON XVI. ADAPTATION OF LENSES IN LONG-TERM |