How to Prescribe Orthokeratology to Match Patients’ and Practitioners’ Needs
A good orthokeratology candidate is usually a patient who is a low to moderate myope. They either have progressing myopia, or they desire the freedom from daytime glasses or contact lenses. Typically, we see this …
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The History of Orthokeratology: How Far Have We Come?
It’s 2022, and eye care practitioners worldwide are prescribing myopia management interventions to reduce myopia progression in children and teenagers. In most professional circles, myopia is no longer viewed as simply a refractive error but …
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Orthokeratology Patient Management and Follow-Up
There is tremendous skill and clinical time invested when carrying out an orthokeratology (OrthoK) fit. The ensuing processes are of equal importance to the fitting procedure, including the follow-up schedule and instructional review of care …
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Topography-Based Fitting Can Improve OrthoK Efficiency
As new technology becomes available, the fitting process has become streamlined, improving the first fit success rate and reducing chair time for each patient. When fitting patients with orthokeratology lenses, there are three primary ways …
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The Right Way to Present OrthoK Fees to Parents and Patients
Your success rate with OrthoK is linked to several factors: good patient selection, taking accurate measurements during initial visits, working with a leading lab to ensure a high success rate with the first lens you …
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Troubleshooting OrthoK
Troubleshooting in OrthoK is best done when all of the crucial decision-making information is obtained for every visit. Critical follow-up information includes: History Taking: Use patient history to understand if your clinical results will be …
Patients Say ‘Yes’ When You Overcome Their OrthoK Misconceptions
Presenting OrthoK to patients and parents can be an uphill climb. You often need to communicate the very concept of OrthoK, describe the process it entails, set expectations, and establish its overall value. Those are …
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Complications with OrthoK and How to Clinically Address Them
Orthokeratology uses gas permeable (GP) lenses to reshape the cornea, primarily for myopic correction. This technology has traditionally benefited adults looking to shed corrective lenses during the day. Increasingly, OrthoK is recognized as an effective …
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Incorporating the Correct OrthoK Lens Designs, Fitting Tools, and Labs Into Your Practice
Achieving clinical success with orthokeratology requires clinical knowledge to meet the unique set of challenges that each patient presents. In addition, you need a comprehensive set of diagnostic tools and the best lens designs available …
The Essentials of Getting Started with OrthoK
In our practice, we specialize in Ortho-K, and two aspects are critical to our success: 1) the use of fitting sets in the contact lenses we select for our patients and 2) specialized scheduling. We …
First Steps in Setting Up Your OrthoK Specialty
When asked how to implement a successful and robust OrthoK program in an optometric practice, I advise colleagues that a timeline is the place to start. I suggest a three-month timeline. A deadline of 90 …
Specialize in OrthoK to Build Your Practice
Practitioners often wonder if they should incorporate OrthoK into their services. They ask: Is there a market for this? How do I capture patients and learn how to fit the lenses? From my experience, I …
Presenting OrthoK to Parents and Patients
I am often asked by fellow doctors how I explain OrthoK to my patients. I use simple, easy- to-understand terms. OrthoK is by far the most enjoyable part of my busy practice, and I believe …