Frame Adjustments

Question 1

What are the three major considerations when adjusting the frame front?

Answer 1

Pantoscopic tilt
vertex distance
face form

Question 2

What does pantoscopic tilt provide?

Answer 2

8 to 10 degrees toward the cheek
correct tilt: Reduce glare, provides the correct optics, and especially important for progressive lens wearers.

Question 3

What is retroscopic tilt?

Answer 3

• opposite of pantoscopic tilt
• may be necessary for wearers with full cheeks
• too much or too little tilt negatively affects vision and overall appearance

Question 4

When adjustments are made, they should always start:

Answer 4

at the front of the frame

Question 5

When the bottom of the frame front is angled away from the check, it is called:

Answer 5

retroscopic tilt

Question 6

What is the space called between the back of the lens and the front of the eye?

Answer 6

vertex distance

Question 7

When the front of the frame matches the curve of the face, it is called:

Answer 7

face form

Question 8

The nose pad’s front angle should be:

Answer 8

closer together at the top than the botton

Question 9

If the frame front is too high, which of the following can be done to lower it?

Answer 9

Widen the nose pads

Question 10

By angling the endpiece down at the temple you will:

Answer 10

increase the pantoscopic tilt

Question 11

What is the space called between the back of the lens and the front of the eye?

Answer 11

vertex distance

Question 12

The nose pad splay angle is also called

Answer 12

spread angle

Question 13

If the frame front is too high on the right side which of the following can be done to make it level?

Answer 13

raise the right temple