Lens-Based Myopia Control: Know When to Treat and Expect Results
2023年12月15日 · Treatments were decided based on the results of this data analysis and patients were monitored every 3 to 6 months for progression, which was defined as 0.25 D or greater myopia spherical equivalent progression (as assessed with cycloplegic autorefraction) or greater than 0.10 mm axial elongation in 6 months. Children who showed progression while on …
Optometry in 2024: What to Expect for the New Year
December 21, 2023. If optometry in 2024 is anything like what we’ve witnessed in 2023, it could prove to be a year filled with innovative therapies for dry eye disease (DED), legislative victories, and new ways of comanaging geographic atrophy (GA). While optometrists have many reasons to celebrate, some events may cloud what has, for the ...
Approaches to Patient Care in Optometry - Optometry Advisor
October 4, 2024. An optometry student can learn a lot in a lab or clinical research setting, but their contact with patients will ultimately guide their clinical decision-making skills and shape their perspectives, according to Andrew Rixon, OD, FAAO, Diplomate (Glaucoma), this year’s recipient of the Vincent Ellerbrock Clinician Educator Award.
Progressive Lens Designs Can Affect Patient Experience
2024年6月7日 · Continuous education in progressive lens technology will serve as a cornerstone in diminishing progressive lens returns, elevating patient satisfaction, and ultimately fostering the success of practices dedicated to presbyopic eye care. For 128 million U.S. presbyopes, doctors of optometry can provide treatment options.
Multifocals for Myopia Management – More Than Meets the Eye
2021年12月10日 · Low dose atropine drops, orthokeratology and multifocal contact lenses have all demonstrated success with reducing the rate of myopia progression and in reducing the axial length of the eye. 1-3 Recently, a lens with a multifocal lens design has been approved for the management of myopia progression, the first to receive FDA approval. 4.
Red Light Therapy Provides Myopia Control ... - Optometry Advisor
November 22, 2023. As optometrists struggle with the demand created by an emerging myopia epidemic, repeated low-level red light therapy may provide an alternative to contact lens wear or atropine treatment for slowing axial progression and spherical equivalent refraction (SER). While the treatment has yet to receive US Food and Drug ...
Presbyopia Drops in the Pipeline for 2023 - Optometry Advisor
2022年12月9日 · Presbyopia Drops in the Pipeline for 2023. Topical eye drops are used to treat myriad ocular surface conditions in optometry, but their use as means of managing presbyopia is a novel concept. Michael Dittman, OD, discusses some of the potential advantages of using pilocarpine drops for presbyopia management and the potential benefits of some ...
A Clinician's Guide to Peripheral Iridotomy - Optometry Advisor
2022年12月2日 · Several states have recently enacted legislation which expands optometry’s scope of practice — many of them involving laser procedures. Jeff M. Miller, OD, of the Northeastern State University Oklahoma School of Optometry details the process of performing the laser peripheral iridotomy procedure and discusses pre, peri, and postoperative …
2022: A Year of Triumphs and Breakthroughs in Optometry
2022年12月22日 · Optometry Advisor looks back at some of the top stories of 2022. In 2022, optometrists saw legislative victories in Virginia — where optometrists can now perform YAG laser capsulotomies, selective laser trabeculoplasties, and laser peripheral iridotomies — and Colorado — where ODs can now perform those laser procedures, as well as removal ...
2023 Pipeline Drugs Show Promise for Treating Dry Eye Disease
2023年1月20日 · Dry eye disease (DED) is highly prevalent in the US, affecting approximately 6.8% of the population — more than 22 million people — with numbers expected to rise as the population ages 1.In addition to the disease’s detrimental impact on vision, productivity, and quality of life, patients with DED also experience higher rates of major depression and anxiety. …