How Frame Selection Affects Lens Thickness - Size AND Shape Matter

Proper frame choice can be more important than even lens material index when looking to obtain, the thinnest, most aesthetic, and functional lens, particularly for high power prescriptions. It is also important to get the right measurements to the lab. We’ll show you what to look out for in doing both.
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People too often think lens thickness is all about material index and tend to overlook the importance of frame selection. Frame size, frame PD relative to patient PD, and frame shape are all crucial in getting the thinnest, most aesthetic, and functional lens, particularly for high power prescriptions. It is also important to get the right measurements to the lab. We’ll show you what to look for in choosing a frame, how to send a frame trace for a free-form uncut and a quick review of how to take the proper box measurements your lab will need to produce the best possible lens.

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This video lesson is sponsored by Laramy-K Optical

Laramy-K Optical is a digital uncut and coating lab unlike any other. The only exclusively uncut lab in the country; we provide our customers with independent, high-end alternatives to corporate brands. Through craftsmanship, technology, and independent, innovative vendors like Younger, IOT, A&R, and Quantum Innovations we offer our customers the Integrity portfolio of freeform lenses and coatings. Made in the USA, the Integrity brand is not a generic house-brand, but is the absolute best available, designed to give the wearer that “wow!” experience.

In addition to the digital line, we still offer conventional surfacing, including glass. Maintaining traditional equipment gives our customers vastly more flexibility in their dispensing, particularly when it comes to more difficult prescriptions.

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