Dinner with the experts

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CIBA had enlisted the help of Professor Des Fonn of the University of Waterloo, Canada and Associate Professor Carol Morris of Southern Cross University, Australia to describe the development of the new products and the technology on which they are based. Around 80 invited guests heard the two CET-approved presentations on developments in lens design and materials before the new products were unveiled.

For Professor Fonn, toric soft 'success' was a lens that settled quickly, worked almost every time and had good stability. It would provide excellent vision and comfort and a low rate of complications. No one toric design would work for everyone and the choice of silicone or conventional hydrogel for the lens material depended on factors such as wearing schedule and convenience as well as ocular health.