This document looks at the development of contact lenses and the role of care regimes in successful wear.

Articles in this edition cover: Contemporary Piggy-back Contact Lens Systems for Keratoconus, keratitis with contemporary contact lenses, the use of customised reduced-aperture spectacles with retinitis pigmentosa, correcting presbyopia with contact lenses and ultrasound examination of the eye.

Brian Melia et al. provide two case studies illustrating the use of contemporary piggy-back contact lens systems in the management of keratoconus.

Philip Morgan describes the incidence of keratitis with contemporary contact lenses.

Caroline Christie and Ron Beerten discuss keratoconus in relation to current concepts of presbyopic correction with contact lenses.

An analysis of the possibilities, benefits and risks of orthokeratology and how it will reshape future contact lens practice.

The uses and advantages of common contact lenses.

A 41-year-old myopic female wearing daily disposable lenses, complaining of dry eyes, wished to be refitted with another lens type to provide better comfort.

Subjects covered include, RGP lens fitting, the role of nutrition in cataract development, light sources for colour vision examination, the supervisor and trainee working relationship, the +1.00 blur test.

This OiP article looks at how a systematic approach in evaluating the RGP lens on the eye can maximise its technical and physiological benefits.

Keeping you up-to-date with innovations in soft contact lenses.

This OiP article looks at fitting contact lenses to treat children with a variety of conditions.