The number of patients fitted with soft toric contact lenses has increased dramatically in recent years. In fact, about 30% of all new soft contact lenses are torics. This presentation will consider the reasons for the great success of soft toric lenses by reviewing their key clinical attributes: visual performance, physiological response and lens fitting performance. Visual performance is generally good with soft toric lenses and the relative performance versus aspheric soft lenses will be reviewed.

Dr Philip Morgan is director of Eurolens Research and a senior lecturer in optometry at The University of Manchester, United Kingdom. In this capacity he is responsible for liaising with the contact lens industry and managing clinical and laboratory research projects within the group, in addition to teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

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