To improve both vision and
appearance an antireflective coating (AR coat) is applied. AR coating consist
of several layers of metal oxides applied to both sides of the lens. Each layer
progressively blocks reflections from the lens. This benefits the patient in
several ways. The patient will see a reduction in nighttime glare, a great
safety benefit when driving at night. The coating will also help cut the glare
created from a computer screen or an overhead reading lamp.
Additionally, an antireflective
coating reduces reflections on the lenses themselves when viewed by another
person, creating cosmetically more natural looking lens on the face. With anantireflective coating, lenses appear non-existent in photos and are
unnoticeable to people looking at the wearer.
All of these benefits are even greater with higher prescriptions.
With sunglasses lenses, an AR
coat applied to the back surface of the lens helps reduce the reflections of
light that enter from behind the wearer and bounce off the tinted surface into
the wearer's eyes. The darker the sun tint, the more noticeable theses back
surface reflections will be. An AR-coated sun lens is much more visually
comfortable than an uncoated sunglass. We highly recommend a back-surface AR
coat on all sunglasses.
If you or someone you know would
like to learn more about antireflective coating for eyeglasses, please call Doctor & Associates-203-227-4113, visit Doctor & Associates or
facebook.com/doctorandassociates and we will be pleased to help.
Doctor & Associates offices
are located at 129 Kings Highway North, Westport, Connecticut 06880, 195
Danbury Road, Wilton, Connecticut 06897 and 148 East Avenue, Norwalk,
Connecticut 06851.
