Choosing Lens Material Based on Lens Power

Can you choose lens material based on lens power or are there more factors to consider? How much difference do different lens materials actually have on the weight and thickness of a lens?

Videos Referenced:
How Frame Selection Affects Lens Thickness - Size AND Shape Matter
   • How Frame Selection Affects Lens Thic...  
What is Minimum Blank Size (MBS) and How Do You Calculate It
   • What is Minimum Blank Size (MBS) and ...  
How To Identify Lens Materials
   • How To Identify Lens Materials  
The Importance and Use of Stock Lenses
   • The Importance and Use of Stock Lenses  
What Is Decentration?
   • What Is Decentration?  
Vertical and Horizontal Decentration - Working with OC Heights
   • Vertical and Horizontal Decentration ...  
Filling Prescribed Prism by Decentration in Single Vision Lenses (ASPHERIC EDIT)
   • Filling Prescribed Prism by Decentrat...  
Decentration and Blocking - 3 Examples
   • Decentration and Blocking - 3 Examples  
Straight Top Multifocal Layout and Decentration
   • Straight Top Multifocal Layout and De...  
Monocular Decentration and Blocking
   • Monocular Decentration and Blocking  
Progressive Lens Layout and Decentration
   • Progressive Lens Layout and Decentration  
Frame Size and Shape Matter, But YOU Matter More!
   • Frame Size and Shape Matter, But YOU ...  
Index of Refraction
   • Index of Refraction  
The Importance of Abbe Value or Number in Lens Materials
   • The Importance of Abbe Value or Numbe...  
Specific Gravity and Lens Materials
   • Specific Gravity and Lens Materials  

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Laramy-K Optical is a digital uncut and coating lab unlike any other. The only exclusively uncut lab in the country; we provide our customers with independent, high-end alternatives to corporate brands. Through craftsmanship, technology, and independent, innovative vendors like Younger, IOT, A&R, and Quantum Innovations we offer our customers the Integrity portfolio of freeform lenses and coatings. Made in the USA, the Integrity brand is not a generic house-brand, but is the absolute best available, designed to give the wearer that “wow!” experience.

In addition to the digital line, we still offer conventional surfacing, including glass. Maintaining traditional equipment gives our customers vastly more flexibility in their dispensing, particularly when it comes to more difficult prescriptions.

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