Years ago, while pondering whether or not to invest in an OCT (I know, it’s mad to think it was ever up for debate!) I attended the Topcon OCT conference in London. During a coffee break, I bumped into optometrist Brian Tompkins, who mentioned he was running a workshop on using OCTs to aid scleral lens fitting. At that point in my professional life I had never fitted a scleral lens, nor did I intend to, but I figured it would be common courtesy to attend. True to his own inimitable style, it was an entertaining and educational presentation. His take-home message was, “Anyone can fit sclerals”. Thus, the seed was planted.
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