How well tested is OrthoK vision improvement?
OrthoK is extremely well tested. Over the past 40 years it has been tested worldwide on hundreds of thousands of patients in every age group. Numerous studies have been conducted evaluating all aspects of the procedure. With the advent of space age polymers, breakthroughs in new high oxygen-transmitting gas permeable lenses that permit overnight wear, modern computer-assisted lathe technology enabling high-accuracy lens fabrication and advances in topographical cornea mapping, this procedure has now become more widely available to patients seeking vision improvement. Dr. Anderson has been distinguished by being named the first Fellow of the Orthokeratology Academy of America (FOAA) in the Ventura County – Santa Barbara County region. FOAA designations require rigorous certification. Less than one percent of U.S. optometrists have achieved Fellowship in the Academy.
