by Optometric Insights | Jun 1, 2015 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Publications
Every day, we get new product updates in our email inboxes, publication posts, at conferences or continuing education events, or from company representatives. New products bring new concepts and new ideas. But in reality, when do new products trump the old, and what...
by Bee Enriquez | May 17, 2015 | Contact Lens Today, Publications
Jesse is a 34 year old male (-3.50DS OU) whom I saw recently for a new patient eye exam. He told me that he has always wanted to wear contact lenses but has failed at every lens he has tried. I asked him what he has tried over the years and he reports that he has...
by Bee Enriquez | May 11, 2015 | Clinical Insights, Publications
Mile Brujic, OD, and David Kading, OD, discuss the multiple purposes of contact lenses. Drs. Brujic and Kading explain the advantages of daily disposable lenses and the type of patient who fits into this regimen. They share their reasons for utilizing...
by Bee Enriquez | May 3, 2015 | Contact Lens Today, Publications
Many of us want our contact lens patients to be slam dunks year in and year out. We never want our patients unhappy with their lenses. When a patient is uncomfortable, generally there is a compromise to the ocular surface, either because of dry eye or because...
by Bee Enriquez | May 1, 2015 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Publications
If I told you that I tried vegetables once and hated them so I never tried them again, you might think I was crazy. And yet, we often form our perceptions of multifocals after just a few tries and a few mild failures. Multifocal lenses always work, we just have to...
by Bee Enriquez | Apr 24, 2015 | Optometry Times, Publications
When it comes to dry eye, we often think that our success is based on patients feeling better. I had to have a root canal once, and when the oral surgeon numbed me up for the procedure, I did not congratulate him and walk out. Heck no, I let him fix the underlying...
