Soft Toric (M1) Flashcards
Who are the best candidates for soft torics?
- poor VA with spherical soft CL
- GPs difficult to fit or not tolerated
- high sphere vs cyl (around
What is the order of choosing parameters in selecting soft toric lenses?
- cyl axis
- cyl power
- sphere power
What are the different stabilization techniques for soft torics?
- prism
- truncation
- thin zones
- peri-ballast
If the soft toric lens is rotated clockwise, does the cyl axis increase or decrease? 1. What should be done? 2
- decrease
2. add amount rotated
What are the 1 day soft toric lenses that have a periballast design?
- softlens daily disposables for astigmatism
2. clariti 1 day toric
What does the corneal toricity and lenticular astigmatism lead to?
refractive astigmatism
If poor visual acuity is found with soft torics, what should be done?
- confirm rotational stability
- compensate for stable rotation
- spherical over-refraction
- spherocyclindrical over-refraction
- recheck baseline data
- new lens
What are the disadvantages of prism ballast soft torics?
- less O2 transmissibility
- discomfort lid-lens interact
- visual problems with unilateral
What type of soft toric soft lens has thinning at the top and bottom of lens?
thin zones
What is the average cornea topography value? 1. What is the range? 2
- 7.80mm (43.25D)
2. 7.00 (48.25D) to 9.50mm (35.50D)
What are the features of “blink stabilized” lenses?
thicker zones nasal and temporal
What type of soft toric lens has a minus carrier over the entire lens an then thin superiorly with no prism in optic zone?
peri-ballast
What are the 1 day soft toric lenses that have a thin design?
- dailies aqua comfort plus for astigmatism
2. 1 day acuvue moist for astigmatism
For every 10deg of axis misalignment, how much cyl is induced?
1/3 of cyl power (in wrong meridian though)
What are the major aspects that encompass the fit assessment of a soft toric?
- centration
- movement
- orientation
- rotation