Achieving success with orthokeratology

Abstract

The addition of a major new clinical service is often considered by practitioners to be a daunting task. Current in-practice clinical commitments may deter many contact lens fitters from introducing a new service which will take time to learn and incorporate successfully. However, although orthokeratology is a substantive clinical treatment with its own learning curve, integrating it into a practice is relatively straightforward. By carefully identifying patients who will be good candidates for the treatment, using proven empirical fitting methods and learning basic troubleshooting skills, the orthokeratologist joins the vanguard of myopia correction and control. As one of the most effective methods to retards myopia progression, orthokeratology has been shown by numerous studies from around the world to help children contain their level of myopia through to adulthood. By keeping children from becoming pathologically short sighted, the risk of retinal