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Answers: CL practice VRICS 2

Bill Harvey presents the answers to the second VRICS exercise linked to the contact lens series that concluded earlier this year

Q1. Which of the following terms best describes the contact lens profile shown in the diagram (figure 1)?

Answer B. The lens diagram shows that there are three back surface curves of different radius and each clearly defined from the other two.

Q2. Which of the following best describes the fit of this RGP lens based on the fluorescein pattern (figure 2)?

Answer A. The central dark area suggests central corneal touch while the peripheral band of fluorescein indicates significant elevation of the edge of the lens from the ocular surface.

Figure 2

Q3. Which of the following best describes the fit of this RGP lens based on the fluorescein pattern?

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