contact lenses
Myopia Control with Ortho-K
Imagine what it must feel like to tell a patient that you can decrease his or her myopia progression and they would no longer need to wear glasses or contacts during the day. Not only that, but in order to do this they would wear a contact lens at night, much like how some people …
Hocus Pocus Focus
Fall Eye Health and Safety The fall season is officially upon us, and, as optometrists and optometry students, there are a few concerns for your patients’ eyes during this season of pumpkins and leaves. Here are a few ways you can help your patients this season. Allergies During the fall, there are different allergens …
What’s UPP With Contact Lens Pricing?
In 2013, contact lens manufacturer Alcon (CIBA Vision) took action to end a pricing war that was pricing optometrists out of their own market. It enacted a minimum pricing policy called unilateral pricing policy (UPP), which is common among companies such as Apple and Bose. High end products such as these cannot be sold under …
The Unconventional Optometrist: Creating Special Effects in Hollywood
If you’ve seen a movie in the last fifty years or so, chances are you witnessed the work of an optometrist and you didn’t even know it. Dr. Morton Greenspoon of Professional VisionCare Associates in Sherman Oaks, California, is a contact lens specialist and a consultant to the major film studios [1]. He is a …
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Interview with Dr. Pal: A Private Practice Optometrist Specializing in Contact Lenses
OptometryStudents.com had the pleasure of talking with Dr. Pal of Toronto, ON following a presentation on toric soft contact lenses at PCO. Dr. Pal is a graduate of SCCO. Upon graduation Dr. Pal completed a residency at the Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Dr. Pal has taught at both NSUOCO …
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New Sensor-adapted Contact Lens is Promising for the Study of Glaucoma
The new product named “Triggerfish” is a contact lens adapted with a sensor that provides IOP measurements for a full 24 hours. The current study involved 19 patients with confirmed glaucoma and 21 suspected of having the condition. Each patient wore the adapted contact lens sensor on one eye for 24 hours in each of …
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AVAIRA Torics on Recall
By: Antonio Chirumbolo SUNY 2013 October 23rd 2011 – The FDA has raised the recall of CooperVision’s AVAIRA Toric Soft Contact Lenses to Class I as a result of silicone residue on the lenses that potentially can result in discomfort, eye injury, or blurred vision. The original recall of the lenses was issued on August 19th …