Contact Lens Exams | Oakville, ON | Bronte Village Eye Care

Ready for an Alternative to Glasses?

Contact lenses offer the freedom to see clearly without relying on glasses. Whether you want to go permanently glasses-free or simply leave behind your eyewear for specific occasions, our eye doctors can help.

We offer contact lens exams and fittings to determine what kind of contacts could be right for you. That way, your contacts provide you with clear, comfortable vision all day long.

Book your contact lens exam and fitting with us today.

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A Precise Fit with Contact Lens Exams

The first step towards choosing new contact lenses is a contact lens exam. Our contact lens exams include everything we would normally do in a comprehensive eye exam, with additional imaging of your cornea so we can fit your contact lenses precisely.

We’ll also discuss our various contact lens options, such as daily disposables, rigid gas-permeable lenses, multifocal lenses, and more.

Fitting Your Contact Lenses

Once we have determined which type of lens will work best for your eye shape, prescription, and lifestyle needs, we will take some measurements of your eyes. These measurements may include:

The size of your pupil
The size of your iris
The curvature of your cornea
The relative strength of your tear film

As part of your fitting, we will have you wear a trial pair of contact lenses to confirm they fit comfortably and help you see clearly.

During the trial, your eye doctor will monitor the fit and movement of your contacts. If you are comfortable with your lenses at the end of the trial period, we’ll process the order for your new contacts. We’ll also provide instructions on how to use and care for them correctly.

Once you receive your lenses, we’ll arrange a follow-up appointment or 2 to check that your contact lenses are working as expected and make any necessary adjustments.

Types of Contact Lenses

The contact lenses that work for you might change over time, depending on changes to your prescription, lifestyle, and preferences. Many people start with standard soft contact lenses, but some may find better vision through rigid gas-permeable lenses or specialty contacts.

We’ll work with you to determine the right lens for your eyes today, not based on what you’ve always worn, but based on the results of your exam. We invite you to ask questions throughout the process and let us know about any preferences you have.

Soft contact lenses are typically made from silicone-hydrogel, which allows oxygen to reach your cornea and nourish the eye as you wear them. Many people consider soft contacts a comfortable, convenient, and cost-effective option.

We can help determine how frequently you may need to change your contacts to suit your lifestyle. Daily, bi-weekly, and monthly soft contacts are all available through our practice.

Rigid gas-permeable (RGP) lenses are perfect for those looking for durable contacts that can reliably correct refractive errors like astigmatism, high prescriptions, and other conditions.

The durable materials used to create RGP lenses mean that they can be replaced less frequently than soft contact lenses.

Depending on your specific vision needs, you may require contact lenses with other properties. Our eye doctors can recommend numerous specialty lenses, such as:

Aspheric lenses: Specifically shaped to correct spherical aberration. The curvature in these lenses is intended to compensate for the irregular curve in your eye that causes refractive errors like astigmatism.
Toric lenses: Have different prescriptions along their horizontal and vertical axes and are weighted at the bottom to stay properly oriented during blinking. These lenses are designed to correct moderate to severe astigmatism cases by compensating for the prescription differences in each part of your eye.
Multifocal lenses: these lenses include different prescriptions in different areas of the lens to help you see clearly at various distances. Think of them as the contact lens equivalent of reading glasses.

Myopia control refers to the treatment of childhood myopia (nearsightedness). Myopia control contact lenses are specifically designed to help slow the progression of myopia and preserve your child’s eyesight for the future.

Learn more about our myopia control methods.

Our Contact Lens Brands

ACUVUE

The options are nearly endless when it comes to ACUVUE® brand contact lenses – the #1 contact lens brand in the world. Long-lasting comfort and clear vision can be yours with a contact lens in the ACUVUE® brand family.

Alcon

Alcon has one mission: to provide innovative products that enhance quality of life by helping people see better. Alcon is and uniquely poised to serve every contact lens wearer by addressing the full life cycle of their needs. Designed in the USA.

Bausch + Lomb

Bausch + Lomb is one of the best-known and most respected American healthcare brands globally, offering the widest and finest range of eye health products including contact lenses and lens care products, pharmaceuticals, intraocular lenses, and other eye surgery products.

Cooper Vision

We create and execute innovation that is unmatched in the contact lens industry. There's much more to our story than that, however. You'll find that what sets us apart is how we approach our business. We collaborate, we listen, and we enjoy what we do. Designed in the USA.

Essilor

The world leader in corrective lenses, Essilor, is present in more than 100 countries with a wide range of lenses to suit various lifestyle needs. Protect your eyesight with innovative lenses tailored to your prescription.

Johnson and Johnson

Eye health is one of the most underserved segments in healthcare today—and the need is growing rapidly. At Johnson & Johnson Vision, we are committed to advancing eye health.