A patient stops in your dispensary for an adjustment of his glasses. If there is too much pantoscopic tilt, to make the necessary adjustment you will:

When a patient experiences too much pantoscopic tilt in their glasses, the adjustment can be made by angling the temples upward from the endpieces. This action essentially brings the bottom of the lenses closer to the patient's face while moving the tops of the frames slightly away, which counteracts the excessive tilt.

Pantoscopic tilt refers to the angle at which the lenses are tilted towards the face in a way that the bottom of the lenses is further away than the top. This posture can affect how well the patient sees through the lenses, particularly for those who rely on different parts of their lenses for varying tasks, such as distance versus near vision. By adjusting the temples upward, the overall frame orientation corrects this tilt, allowing for improved visual alignment and comfort.

Other options may suggest adjustments that are not appropriate for correcting pantoscopic tilt. For instance, bending the pad arms upward or downward adjusts the nose pads' position rather than addressing the tilt of the frame itself. Adjusting the temples downward would worsen the issue by further increasing the angle of tilt. Therefore, angling the temples upward is the effective and correct method for making the necessary adjustment.