4 Topic Commentaries

Multifocal Mythbusting

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  Jeffrey J. Walline, OD, PhD

  Optometry / Myopia control

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  The Ohio State University College of Optometry

  It is especially good news to know that children as young as 7 achieved optimal visual acuity and got used to wearing multifocal lenses much the way they would a single vision contact lens. It’s not a problem to fit younger kids in contact lenses. It’s a safe practice.

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  David A. Berntsen, OD, PhD

  Optometry / Myopia control

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  University of Houston College of Optometry

  Compared with single vision contact lenses, multifocal lenses slow myopia progression by about 43% over three years.

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  Dharmendra Patel, MD

  Ophthalmology / Cataract surgery and intraocular lenses

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  Mayo Clinic

  The newer implants that are available, they do give you the multifocality. So, you will get correction for distance vision, which is similar to LASIK, but you also get the correction for near vision or reading vision, and that's something that's very unique to these implants.

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  Susana Marcos, PhD

  Vision science / Intraocular lenses

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  University of Rochester

  The drawback of these lenses is that they split the energy in more than one focus, so that the image from afar is not as crisp as you have with a monofocal lens.

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