by Optometric Insights | Nov 12, 2018 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Contact Lens Today, Publications
Eyecare practitioners frequently talk about compliance rates with their material and design selections. The last thing that they want is for their patients to overwear their lenses and develop an infection or complication. They can speak to patients about the...
by Optometric Insights | Nov 3, 2018 | Clinical Insights, Contact Lens Spectrum
We are two blinks away from 2019. The last thing we want is to turn around and realize that the new year is upon us and we still have things that we didn’t accomplish. Here’s what you can do. Seven Ways to Finish the Year Strong … Read more:...
by Optometric Insights | Oct 23, 2018 | Clinical Insights, Contact Lens Spectrum, Contact Lens Today
All of the GP lenses that come into my office have been plasma treated. It is another line that I have drawn in the sand. I know that I’m dealing with a new consultant who doesn’t know my account when he or she asks: Does it help? Eh, I’m not sure. Does every GP lens...
by Optometric Insights | Oct 23, 2018 | Clinical Insights / Advanced Ocular Care, Contact Lens Spectrum, Contact Lens Today
Numbers don’t lie. That is why I love research. But in clinical practice, eyecare practitioners tend to get feelings about things that guide them in the way that they practice. These guiding principles are the things that make them better clinicians. Practitioners...
by Optometric Insights | Oct 9, 2018 | Clinical Insights, Contact Lens Spectrum, Contact Lens Today
Successful multifocal contact lens fitting is a dream for eyecare practitioners. Most pass off their failures as unfortunate examples of how the lenses are imperfect when compared to the accommodative system of a 20- or 30-year-old. Like all lenses, the two major...
by Optometric Insights | Oct 6, 2018 | Clinical Insights, Contact Lens Spectrum, Contact Lens Today
Missy Miserable has been wearing contact lenses for some time now. She has also been to three eyecare providers in the last 5 years. Each of them assured her that her prescription is not a problem for contact lenses. Her refractive error seems pretty simple...
