Scleral lenses provide patients with many benefits and are an extremely useful adjunct in treating patients with ocular surface disease (OSD). Step three of the TFOS DEWS II report1 notes gas permeable scleral contact lenses (CLs) can be very beneficial to patients with moderate-to-severe dry eye disease, including Sjögren syndrome, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, rosacea, chemical burns, thermal burns, mucous membrane pemphigoid and meibomian gland dysfunction blepharitis.
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