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    The Battle to Protect Contact Lens Wearers and Prescribers

    October 29, 2020 | POSTED BY Blythe San Agustin | Articles, News

    Contact lenses are medical devices that require a prescription from a licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist, and many companies attempt to surpass this safety protocol in order to generate a higher profit from consumers. However, some...

    Tags: advocate, contact lens, contact lens rule, contact lenses, future of optometry, Political
  • How To Fit Contact Lenses: An OptometryStudents.com Video

    July 13, 2016 | POSTED BY Peter Jacques | Anterior Segment, Articles, Clinical Optometry, Clinical Pearls

    Fitting contact lenses can be a nerve-racking experience for students first learning! Our OptometryStudents.com team works to help you prepare for some of the many tough moments you may have in clinic, whether it be your first pediatric...

    Tags: contact lenses, Cornea, soft contact lens, Videos
  • How to Rapidly Determine a Contact Lens Prescription

    March 4, 2016 | POSTED BY Thai Nguyen | Clinical Pearls

    During my contact lens rotation, I learned a neat trick to quickly estimate a contact lens prescription that requires vertexing. This method works great in a clinical/practical setting when you don’t have a calculator and you need to...

    Tags: contact lenses, Optics
  • Keratometry Troubleshooting

    July 4, 2012 | POSTED BY optometrusprime | Clinical Pearls

    The average corneal steepness is about 43.00 Diopters to 44.00 Diopters. If the mires are not clear and regular, ask the patient to blink five or six times because an evaporating tear film can affect your readings. Also direct the patient...

  • Tip for Removing RGPs

    | POSTED BY optometrusprime | Clinical Pearls

    If you are having difficulty removing a rigid gas permeable contact lens from a patient, first ensure that you have good lid control and technique. If you cannot seem to control both of the lid margins to push out the rigid gas permeable...

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