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Fluorophotometry has been used in research on contact lenses almost from the beginning. A number of very useful fluorophotometric techniques have been developed which may be used to evaluate the condition of the eye following contact lens wear.

Today, I will concentrate on three of these applications that we feel are of particular interest in evaluating the safety of extended wear contact lens designs.   The applications that I will cover are corneal pH, tear turn-over under the contact lens and cornea epithelial permeability.
We are indebted to Drs. Kenneth Polse, Joseph Bonanno and Nancy McNamara at the University of California for their participation in this work. This group has written a review article outlining these technique. This article has been accepted for publication in Optometry and Vision Science. Dr. Mark Bullimore, the editor, has graciously given me permission to distribute pre-publication copies of this manuscript.

McNamara NA, Polse KA, Bonanno JA. Fluorophotometry in contact lens research: the next step. Optometry and Vision Science (May 1998) .