Syllabus For The Subject CONTACT LENSES

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AMBLYOPIA AND ECCENTRIC FIXATION - TREATMENT OF AMBLYOPIA - SPECIAL FORMS

OF STRABISMUS - NYSTAGMUS - NON SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF STRABISMUS.

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CONTACT LENS HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT. BENEFITS OF CONTACT LENS OVER -

SPECTACLE. MANUFACTING METHODS-SPIN CAST, LATHE CUT, CAST MODELING. SLIT

LAMP EXAMINATION TECHNIQUE.

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CORNCAL TOPOGRAPHY-KERATOMETRY & EXTENDED KERATOMETRY. CONTACT LENS

OPTICS- CONTACT LENS & SPECTACLE LENS. BACK VERTEX CALCULATION. CONTACT

LENS & TEAR LENS SYSTEM.

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CLASSIFICATION OF CONTACT LENS & ITS MATERIAL (SOFT & RGP); MATERIAL

PROPERTY. CONTACT LENS TERMINOLOGY. RGP & SOFT LENS DESIGN. FDA

CLASSIFICATION OF CONTACT LENS MATERIAL.

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PATIENT SELECTION & PRESCREENING. INDICATIONS & CONTRA INDICATIONS OF

CONTACT LENS. SOFT SPHERICAL CONTACT LENS FITTING & ASSESSMENT. SOFT

CONTACT LENS CASE & MAINTENANCE. SPHERICAL RGP CONTACT LENS FITTING &

ASSESSMENT.

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RGP CONTACT LENS CARE & MAINTENANCE. CONTACT LENS FITTING IN ASTIGMATISM.

CONTACT LENS FITTING IN KERATOKONUS. CONTACT LENS FITTING IN CHILDREN. RGP

LENSES - LOW D.K. AND HIGH D.K LENSES. NSTRUCTIONS REGARDING HANDLING AND

CARE OF LENSES.

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COSMETIC AND PROSTHETIC CONTACT LENSES. EXTENDED WEAR LENSES VERSUS

DAILY WEAR. DISPOSABLE LENSES. CONTACT LENS - TORIC, BIFOCAL, MULTIFICAL.

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THERAPEUTIC LENSES / BANDAGE LENSES. CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS - PRINCIPLE OF

ACTION, COMPOSITIONS ORDERING CONTACT LENSES - WRITING PRESCRIPTION TO

THE LAB. CONTACT LENS - MODIFICATIONS OF FINISHED LENSES (RGP).

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CHECKING THE PARAMETERS. RECENT ADVANCES IN CONTACT LENSES. FOLLOW UP

EXAMINATIONS. CONTACT LENS COMPLICATIONS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT -

PROSTHETIC EYE FITTING PROCEDURES & CONFORMERS.

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Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN OPTOMETRY

3 Yr.

CONTACT LENSES(1050148)

SPATIAL SENSE - EVOLUTION OF BINOCULAR VISION - BINOCULAR FUSION,

SUPPRESSION, RIVALRY & SUMMATION - VISUAL DIRECTION, LOCAL SIGN &

CORRESPONDING POINTS - VISUAL DISTANCE, EMPIRICAL CLUES.

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PANUM`S SPACE - STEREOPSIS - DEVELOPMENT OF BINOCULAR VISION - THE

LONGITUDINAL HOROPTER - NEURAL ASPECTS OF BINOCULAR VISION - VISUALLY

GUIDED BEHAVIOUR AND ANISEIKONIA - ARC.

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QUALITATIVE & QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS OF STRABISMUS - ESODEVIATION -

EXODEVIATION - A-V PHENOMEAN - CYCLOVERTICAL SQUINT - PSEUDOSTRABISMUS.