The Indispensable Dispensing Guide: The Eyecare Provider's Basic Dispensing Guide
3rd Edition
Revised and edited by Brad Main and Michael Vitale
The Vision Council, 2020
Used with permission of publisher.
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System for Ophthalmic Dispensing by 
Optical Formulas Tutorial by 
Clinical Anatomy of the Visual System by 
Essentials of Ophthalmic Lens Finishing by 
Contact Lens Manual by 
Test Review for Contact Lens Technicians by Materials at the Library
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Essentials of Ophthalmic Lens Finishing by
Ch. 1 An overview of the fabrication process -- Ch. 2 Spotting of lenses -- Ch. 3 Lens shapes, patterns, and frame tracers -- Ch. 4 Centration of single vision lenses -- Ch. 5 Centration of progressive addition lenses -- Ch. 6 Centration of segmented multifocal lenses -- Ch. 7 Blocking of lenses -- Ch. 8 Edging -- Ch. 9 Deblocking -- Ch. 10 Hand edging -- Ch. 11 Lens tinting -- Ch. 12 Lens insertion and standard alignment -- Ch. 13 Drilled, slotted, and notched mountings -- Ch. 14 Nylon cord and other groove mountings -- Ch. 15 Lens impact resistance and testing -- Ch. 16 Maintenance and calibration -- Ch. 17 Edger wheels and cutters -- Ch. 18 Safety and environmental concerns -- App. 18-1 What are my responsibilities under the OSHA Act? -- App. 18-2 Sample hazard communication program -- App. 18-3 List of hazardous chemicals and index of MSDSs -- App. 18-4 Material safety data -- App. A Standards of lens and frame measurement -- App. B ANSI Z80.1 Prescription Op[h]thalmic Lenses -- Recommendations -- App. C FDA policy -- Answer key for proficiency test questions -- Glossary -- Centration skills series.
System for Ophthalmic Dispensing by
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1 Frame types and parts -- 2 Frame measurements and markings -- 3 Measuring the interpupillary distance -- 4 Frame selection -- 5 Reference point placement, multifocal height, and blank size determination -- 6 Ordering and verification -- 7 Lens insertion -- 8 Standard alignment -- 9 Adjusting the frame -- 10 Frame repairs and modifications -- 11 Review of elementary mathematical principles -- 12 Characteristics of ophthalmic lenses -- 13 Lens curvature and thickness -- 14 Optical considerations with increasing lens power -- 15 Optical prism: power and base direction -- 16 Optical prism: decentration and thickness -- 17 Fresnel prisms and frames -- 18 Lens design -- 19 Segmented multifocal lenses -- 20 Progressive addition lenses -- 21 Anisometropia -- 22 Absorptive lenses -- 23 Lens materials, safety, and sports eyewear -- 24 How lenses are edged.
Optical Formulas Tutorial by
Sect. I Math review -- Sect. II Theory of light -- Sect. III Lenses -- Sect. IV Prisms -- Sect. V Surfacing and finishing -- Sect. VI Advanced lens formulas -- Sect. VII Image formation -- Appendices -- Index.
The Ophthalmic Assistant by Clinical Anatomy of the Visual System by
1 Visual system -- 2 Cornea and sclera -- 3 Uvea -- 4 Retina -- 5 Crystalline lens -- 6 Aqueous and vitreous chambers -- 7 Ocular embryology -- 8 Bones of the skull and orbit -- 9 Ocular adnexa and lacrimal system -- 10 Extraocular muscles -- 11 Orbital blood supply -- 12 Cranial nerve innervation of ocular structures -- 13 Visual pathway -- 14 Autonomic innervation of ocular structures.
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