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by Optometric Insights | Sep 19, 2018 | Clinical Insights / Advanced Ocular Care, Contact Lens Spectrum

We live in an amazing digital age. Ten years ago, if you wanted resources about contact lenses, you would either need to email a friend, check at a local university, or search the web for a website that had some data (only to discover that it brought you little...

Episode 50: The Problem Isn’t Always Obvious

by Optometric Insights | Sep 14, 2018 | Clinical Insights, Publications, Video

Patients with ocular surface conditions do not always present with obvious symptoms. For example, meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) is traditionally observed as an inflammation of glands and easily diagnosed, but there is also hyposecretory obstructive MGD. In this...

Episode 75: A Closer Look at the Causes of Dry Eye

by Optometric Insights | Sep 14, 2018 | Clinical Insights, Publications, Video

  David Kading, OD, is on the move to explain why he believes meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) is one of the largest contributors to dry eye. Watch as Dr. Kading illustrates the anatomy of the eyelid and details how each component relates to different...

Episode 71: Management of Dry Eye Blepharitis Syndrome

by Optometric Insights | Sep 11, 2018 | Clinical Insights / Advanced Ocular Care, Publications, Video

Blepharitis affects many dry eye patients and could be the underlying cause of a number of ocular surface conditions. Mile Brujic, OD, describes three stages of dry eye blepharitis syndrome and shares a two-step process for ridding the lid margins of microbial...

Episode 70: Other Uses for Optical Coherence Tomography

by Optometric Insights | Sep 11, 2018 | Clinical Insights / Advanced Ocular Care, Publications, Video

David Kading, OD, hits the road and discusses how optical coherence tomography (OCT) can be used in the anterior segment for scleral lens fittings. Dr. Kading says that OCT can help physicians evaluate the depth of scleral lenses with more accuracy than from a slit...

Episode 61: Dry Eye Update

by Optometric Insights | Sep 11, 2018 | Clinical Insights / Advanced Ocular Care, Publications, Video

David Kading, OD, gives a comprehensive update on the state of dry eye disease (DED). Due to the broad definition of what classifies as “dry eye,” it is important to gain a full understanding of patients’ signs and symptoms. Dr. Kading provides an overview...