by Optometric Insights | May 6, 2018 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Optometry Times, Review of Cornea and Contact Lens, Review of Optometry
Two thousand eighteen is only a breath away. If you are like me, it seems like November and December race me toward the new year while I do everything I can to hold on for dear life. Both personally and professionally, things in the last quarter seem to be a blur of...
by Optometric Insights | May 5, 2018 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Optometry Times, Review of Cornea and Contact Lens, Review of Optometry
Soft daily disposable contact lens accessibility has led the soft lens charge by providing our patients with not only spherical designs, but also advances in toric and multifocal designs. Additionally, recent advancements in monthly replacement lens designs have...
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...
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...
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....
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...
