What are the disadvantages of Orthokeratology?

  • An overnight retainer lens is needed most nights (68% of patients only need to wear lenses alternate nights at 1 month from fitting)
  • You will need to use other vision correction for the first 2 weeks while the treatment takes effect
  • You will need to clean & disinfect the lenses every day on removal
  • There is a risk of eye infection if the lenses are not cared for correctly using the solutions advised
  • The therapy is NOT permanent
  • The therapy reduces its effect if the retainer lens is not worn. Your prescription increases by approximately -0.25DS per day, back to your eye's natural prescription over a few weeks
  • Most people become more short sighted in later life, and the lenses will need re-adjustment at that stage


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Newcastle Opticians

Is your current eyecare provider giving you the service that you expect? ...or is he or she just too rushed or disinterested? Then move on & join us at Querido & Davidson.

We are a national award winning eyecare practice (established in 1956) with a long heritage of providing exemplary service and exceptional products.

Eye Tests & Examinations

Our Optometrists carry out a huge array of checks during to your eye examination. These can include testing your eye pressure (to detect glaucoma - which, if undetected, could lead to blindness), checking sideways field of vision and the health of the back of your eye.

All these checks are quick and painless, and will provide us with important information that will help monitor any slight changes over time.

Contact Lenses

We fit a huge variety of contact lenses types to patients across the whole of the UK. We supply lenses to people of all ages, & all prescription types. Using corneal topography and slit lamp image capture we provide the highest standard of care to all our contact lenses wearing patients.

We specialise in iGo OVC, Ortho-K and Paragon CRT Orthokeratology work for all ages from 6 upwards. We are an accredited Chromagen contact lens practice. We supply varifocal contact lenses and contact lenses to correct astigmatism. We can also supply theatrical contact lenses for television productions.

In 2006 we were awarded the title of Contact lens practice of the year at the UK Optician awards.

Keratoconus Eye Care

We are a keratoconus friendly practice, and are experienced in the following keratoconus management methods:

Finding Querido & Davidison:

We are located at:
196 Chillingham Road
Heaton
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE6 5LN
0191 265 9898

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