CL Spectrum: WHEN CUSTOM IS EASY AND WE ARE ALL SPECIALISTS
by Optometric Insights | May 4, 2018 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Optometry Times, Review of Cornea and Contact Lens, Review of Optometry
Contact lenses range from simple to extremely complex. Some patients have streamlined prescriptions, and we use spherical soft lenses to correct their vision. Other patients have slight astigmatism and require us to switch over to a toric lens. Modern toric lenses are...
CLS Spectrum: Is Redefining Dry Eye The New Norm?
by Optometric Insights | May 3, 2018 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Optometry Times, Review of Optometry
Is the definition that you have for dry eye a good one? When was the last time that you reassessed your perception of this disease state and modified your methods of treatment? In preparing for lectures, articles that we write, and after seeing either an early- or...
CL Spectrum: Have You Identified The Exits?
by Optometric Insights | May 2, 2018 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Optometry Times, Review of Optometry
Every Central Intelligence Agency operative knows: Never enter a building without knowing where the exits are. All great athletes visualize the end before they start. And all great business people know what their exit looks like years before their planned departure....
CL Spectrum: Your Problems Are Obvious—Sometimes
by Optometric Insights | May 2, 2018 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Optometry Times, Review of Cornea and Contact Lens, Review of Optometry
Between 50% to 94% of patients reporting to their eye-care provider do so because of issues that they are having with their contact lenses (Dumbleton et al, 2013). And what are those issues? Discomfort and dryness have been reported to account for the top two reasons...
