Lens Designs, Materials and Options
Ophthalmic lenses are to eye glasses what microprocessors are to computers - invisible, high tech hearts. Each lens is customized specifically for your eyes, to give you the crispest, clearest vision possible. Based on our comprehensive eye exam, your doctor will give you a personalized eyeglass prescription. Below is information on:
Lens Designs
Single Vision
Available in all materials, single vision lenses can be used for either distance or near vision correction.
No-line Progressive Lenses
No-line progressive lenses are all-in-one lenses, giving the appearance of single vision lenses, that correct for far (driving a vehicle), intermediate (viewing the dashboard), and near (reading a map) vision. Doctors Vision Center recommends Varilux Progressives.
Bifocal Lenses
Bifocal lenses provide both far (driving) and near (reading a map) correction in one lens with visible lines.
Computer Lenses
Computer lenses correct vision specifically for the unique eye conditions of the computer user. These lenses can enhance your vision while reducing the eyestrain caused by glare.
Sport Lenses
Sport eyewear can be customized for every sport. Because safety is essential with sports eyewear, Doctors Vision Center always recommends polycarbonate lenses for both adults and children.
Lens Materials
Plastic
Lighter weight than glass, plastic lenses can be tinted to almost any color and shade.
High-Index
For those with strong prescriptions, high-index lenses offer a thinner and lighter choice. These technologically advanced lenses are more comfortable as well as cosmetically desirable.
Polycarbonate
Polycarbonate lenses are lightweight, thinner than plastic, and the most impact-resistant lenses available. We recommend these lenses for children, teens, active adults, and anyone needing superior eye protection.
Photochromic Lenses
In varying light conditions, photochromic lenses darken and lighten depending on whether the wearer is in the sun or indoors and are available in virtually all lens materials and designs. Doctors Vision Center recommends Transitions lenses.
Safety Lenses
When combined with a safety frame, these lenses are designed to protect your eyes from injury. Whether at your job or working in your home workshop, safety lenses offer maximum protection.
Lens Options
UV Protection
Lenses with UV protection accomplish the same thing as sun screen lotion on your skin - they shield your eyes from harmful ultraviolet rays. Plastic and glass lenses may require UV coating, while high-index and polycarbonate lenses provide UV protection inherently in the lens materials.
Scratch-resistant Lenses
Lenses can be treated with a special coating to make them scratch resistant. Some materials, such as polycarbonate, and high index lenses include scratch protection.
Anti-reflective
Anti-reflective (AR lenses) appear invisible and help reduce eye fatigue in all situations and you will be able to see up to 75% more detail than you will with uncoated lenses. Doctors Vision Center recommends Crizal anti-reflective lenses.
Tinted Lenses
Available in a rainbow of colors, lenses can be tinted from light to very dark.
Aspheric Lenses
Aspheric lenses make your eyes look more natural flattening the surface of the lens, therefore eliminating the magnification or minification of the eyes. Edge-to-edge visual clarity means that as the eyes move, vision will remain clear rather than "blur out" when the viewer looks away from the center of the lens.
