by Optometric Insights | Feb 15, 2016 | Clinical Insights / Advanced Ocular Care, Publications
David Kading, OD, provides an overview of the most clinically useful maps for corneal topography. He says that modern topography devices are able to map over 100,000 points on the anterior surface of the cornea and have a variety of clinical applications. Dr. Kading...
by Optometric Insights | Feb 14, 2016 | Contact Lens Today, Publications
The body has an amazing immune response. Our ability to fight infection and foreign invaders is beyond what science has fully explained. One of those challenges is seen when we wear contact lenses. Many of our patients do get an infection at some point. This is when...
by Optometric Insights | Jan 31, 2016 | Contact Lens Today, Publications
If you think about it, we as contact lens fitters really have it easy compared to how things were 10, 20, and 30 years ago. For instance, 30 years ago we were using lathes that only allowed us to cut lenses with three curves and then we tried to blend them to fit...
by Optometric Insights | Jan 25, 2016 | Clinical Insights / Advanced Ocular Care, Publications
Mile Brujic, OD, and David Kading, OD, have a discussion on the role that optometrists play in the integrated care of patients’ cataract surgery. Dr. Kading says it is critical to educate patients about the procedure and the expected outcomes. Dr. Brujic agrees,...
by Optometric Insights | Jan 17, 2016 | Contact Lens Today, Publications
When we were in college, we had one underlying motive and objective, to graduate. Although we had other things that garnered our focus (friends, girls, boys, video games, or sports), our whole objective of attending college was to graduate with a degree. For some...
by Optometric Insights | Jan 1, 2016 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Optometry Times, Publications, Review of Cornea and Contact Lens, Review of Optometry
I love the January issue of Contact Lens Spectrum because we get to see our report card as an industry. The assessments that are done to show how contact lenses are being used are always exciting to me. Perhaps I am too analytical of our profession, but when we see...