The day has arrived. The excitement is in the air, and there is no stopping us now. Daily disposable toric lenses are here, and more than 95%* of all toric patients can be fit into the modality that is best of them. Sure, there are some oblique cylinder patients who may have fewer daily options. Additionally, practitioners still struggle with patients who have more than –2.50D cylinder. However, the vast majority are there.
It’s important to realize that toric patients tend to have more challenges with lens wear. Stability is a major problem for many of them, and because they wear frequent replacement lenses (even compliantly), many of them will find that their vision (and comfort) gets worse throughout the day as the lens gets older. If practitioners can move them into a daily disposable lens, they will be able to have a fresh lens daily that will have fewer deposits and a smoother surface to aid in stability.
May I implore you on behalf of us toric patients, find two daily disposable fitting sets that you can fall in love with, and introduce them to your patients. They will fall in love too.
*My estimations from my personal experience.
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