TYPES OF LENSES ACCORDING TO REFRACTIVE ERROR.

These includes:

a. CONCAVE LENSES: They are known also as Minus lenses, they are used to correct shortsightedness or myopia.


b. CONVEX LENSES: They are also known as plus Minus and are used to correct hyperopia or Long sightedness.


c. CYLINDRICAL LENSES: They are lenses used to correct astigmatism.