Contact Lens Exams, Fittings & Brands

FRAMELESS VISION

Contact lenses can be a wonderful choice for many people who would like to reduce the amount of time they have to wear glasses. In some cases, people wear contact lenses all day, and in others, they choose to use contact lenses only for sports or recreational activities.

If you’re interested in wearing contact lenses, you can come in for a contact lens eye exam. Our optometrists will fit you with a prescription that works best for you, and we will check your eyes to make sure it is suitable for you to wear contact lenses.

THE CONTACT LENS EXAM

Our thorough contact lens exam will check your visual acuity as well as your suitability for wearing contact lenses. Additionally, our specialty testing will determine if your cornea is thick enough to support contact lens wear.

Finding Your Fit

We will discuss what type of contact lens wearer you are, and establish whether you would like to wear daily, weekly, or monthly contact lenses. There are plenty of brands and sizes available to help find you the most comfortable fit.

The 3 most common types of lenses are: daily, weekly, and monthly.

We will provide you with a contact lens prescription that will be different from your eyeglasses prescription. This is because contact lenses sit directly on your eye, where glasses sit on your nose, a distance from your eyes. Your contact lens prescription will include a brand that one of our doctors has decided would be the best fit for you.

If you are brand new to wearing contact lenses, we will teach you how to safely insert and remove the lenses from your eyes, and properly store your contact lenses.

Then, you will be on your way to experience these contact lenses, ensure they are comfortable and that you can see properly. Then, if any adjustments need to be made, you can come back to the office, and we can adjust your prescription for you.

Sometimes, contact lens fittings may take a few tries to find the perfect combination that works best for you.

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Types of Contact Lenses

Many different types of lenses are available. Depending on various factors, your optometrist will help you decide if daily or longer-wear contact lenses are suitable for you.

We carry high-quality contact lens brands and types at Dr. Bruce Coward & Associates that come in many lens types:

Soft lenses—for the average contact lens wearer
Rigid gas permeable (RGP) hard lenses—for people who aren’t able to wear soft lenses
Single vision lenses—for people who only require one prescription per eye
Multifocal lenses—a progressive lens for people who require more than one prescription to see up close and far away
Scleral contact lenses– for patients with ocular surface disease that need visual correction
Toric (astigmatic) lenses—for people with an astigmatism
Coloured/tinted lenses—for people who want to change or enhance their eye colour

Some of Our Most Popular Brands

READY FOR CONTACTS?

If you’re ready to wear contact lenses, you’re ready to contact us!

Our team is ready to help you find the perfect contact lens fit or help you continue on your contact lens journey.

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OUR BRANDS

Alcon has one mission: to provide innovative products that enhance quality of life by helping people see better. Alcon is uniquely poised to serve every contact lens wearer by addressing the full life cycle of their needs.

The AIR OPTIX® family of breathable contact lenses lets you focus on your life, not your contact lenses. They provide clear vision and consistent comfort††. Plus, the monthly replacement schedule is easy to remember.

Bausch + Lomb is one of the best-known and most respected healthcare brands globally, offering the widest and finest range of eye health products including contact lenses and lens care products, pharmaceuticals, intraocular lenses, and other eye surgery products.

As a primary resource to optometrists and eye care professionals, Johnson & Johnson aims to make the world a better place by providing health solutions for everyone. Explore well-known, trusted products with a brand responsible for improving daily lives.

Proclear by CooperVision are a line of daily-disposable contact lenses with options available for nearly every corrective lens prescription need, including options for astigmatism. Designed in USA, they feature Phosphorylcholine, a material that attracts water and encourages healthy eye hydration.

Eye Care Professionals Can Begin Fitting the World’s First One-Day Soft Contact Lens Shown to Substantially Slow the Progression of Myopia in Children. Millions of children across Canada are poised to benefit from a breakthrough therapy that addresses the fast-growing issue of myopia (nearsightedness), which is projected to negatively affect more than 50 percent of the world’s population by 2050. CooperVision MiSight® 1 day contact lenses are now available for fitting by Eye Care Professionals. An American brand, it is the world’s first one-day soft contact lens clinically proven to substantially slow the progression of myopia in children.

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