Denmark - Kennedy Center

European School of Scleral Lenses

Provisional Program – Subject to changes

Advanced Course

Day 1: 12:00 - 20:00
 

Afternoon Session - Lecture (3 hours)

• Welcome and practical information
• Quick review scleral lens fundamentals
• Scleral lens fitting steps
• Scleral lens designs:
• Optic zone: Prolate vs oblate
• Oval limbus
• Landing zone: Spheric, toric, edge toric, quadrant specific, freeform
• Additional peripheral customization:
• Notch, vault, fenestration,channels

14:20 – 15:00 COFFEE BREAK

• Scleral lens handling - Clinical tips to overcome difficulties in lens application and removal
• Care solutions and compliance
• Photo/video documentation

16:30 – 17:00 COFFEE BREAK

Evening  Session - Hands-on (3 hours)

Participants will be divided into different groups

• OCT use in the scleral lens application process
• Use of Pentacam CSP for lens customization

• Use of ESP for lens selection and customization
• EPP taking molds of the eye
• Manual modifications (notches, fenestrations, etc...)

Day 2: 08:00 - 17:00

Morning Session - Lecture (3 hours)

• Piggyback scleral lenses
• Edema and scleral lenses, think beyond hypoxia!
• Limbal touch & limbal congestion
• Lens decentration
• Corneal touch and staining
• Excessive clearance
• Conjunctival prolapse
• Midday fogging update
  

• Deposits & Poor wettability
• Air bubbles
• Microbial keratitis
• Empirical scleral lens design:
• EagletEye
• ESP
• Pentacam CSP
• Wave software
• Eye Print Pro

13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH

Afternoon Session - Hands-on (3 hours)

Participants will be divided into different groups

• Scleral lens application and recognition of fitting issues
• Use of Pentacam CSP for lens customization
• EPP taking molds of the eye
• Manual modifications (notches, fenestrations, etc...)