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  • Courtesy of Scott E. Brodie, MD, PhD.
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    Refractive Mgmt/Intervention

    In order to optimize image quality for both straight-ahead viewing and downgaze (as for reading), eyeglass frames typically rotate the plane of the lenses downward, a correction known as pantoscopic tilt. Values of about 7° are typical.