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And for patients that are not a great candidate for soft contact lenses and have been unsuccessful with RGP lenses daytime wear, this leads us to our third option for contact lenses for patients, ortho-k lenses. And it was in 2002 that the FDA approved overnight ortho-k wear in the United States. It is a non-surgical treatment that temporarily reshapes the cornea with the use of RGP lenses. If you think of braces for your teeth, it is similar in that there is a shifting and reshaping process and then a retainer lens for maintenance.