Disposable contact lenses: a review

The introduction of hydrogel lenses into clinical practice in the early 1970s resulted in a rapid increase in the number of patients being fitted with contact lenses, the improved oxygen performance, wearing times and comfort compared with the polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) lenses being fitted at that time giving rapid market growth.However, both patients and practitioners quickly began to realise that soft lenses were far from being the …