Does This Optometrist Have Keratoconus?

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CLINICAL COMPENDIUM 2. While warpage accounted for 8 percent of the lenses replaced, the majority of these warped lenses were associated with eyes having greater than 3.00 diopters astigmatism. 3. Poor vision had an occurrence rate of 1.3 percent. With the range of lens thicknesses studied here, and with proper compliance, this material appears to meet current physiological criteria well enough so that other non-oxygen features (local thickness, lens mass) can be explored by the designer for

greater comfort and lens dynamics. Barbara Fink, O.D., Ph.D., is an as-

sistant prcifessor, Loretta Szczotka is a fourth-year student, Brad Smith is a research assistant, joseph Barr, O.D., M.S., is CL clinic chiif, and Richard Hill, O.D., Ph.D., is dean, all at The Ohio State University College