Tesco offers free testing - Optician Online
Mar 1, 2010 · Tesco Opticians removed the cost barrier and provides free GOS tests across all of its practices from February 2010. The service has no strings attached and aims to improve the nation's health and encourage more people to get their eyes tested regularly.
Binocular vision: The Mallett fixation disparity test
Jul 13, 2006 · In the first of a two-part discussion concerning what influences measurements with the Mallett unit, Rajula Karania and Bruce Evans look at the theory behind fixation disparity and its measurement
The oculist's secret society - Optician Online
Jun 25, 2012 · View PDF . The Copiale document comprises 75,000 characters written on 105 pages of high-quality double-watermarked paper which are bound in gold and green brocade paper.
Pavingstone degeneration - Optician Online
Jan 18, 2008 · Learn about pavingstone degeneration, a common retinal condition that affects the peripheral vision and does not cause retinal detachment. This article explains the causes, symptoms and progression of this degeneration and requires registration to access.
Optician Online - Optical retailer Brillen bows out
Nov 1, 2023 · Hybrid optical retailer Brillen.co.uk has ceased trading, the company has announced on its website. In the statement to customers, the company hinted that it would return: ‘As we prepare to close this chapter of our journey, …
Optician Online - CPD Archive
Learn how to measure frames and facial features using the boxed lens system and the ABDO rule. Find out how to calculate the frame PD, the minimum size uncut formula and the decentration of the optical centre.
Optician Online - CPD Archive
The tendency to take minimal measurements when dispensing is in many ways counterproductive if opticians are to differentiate themselves from their online competitors.
Optical properties of lens materials - Optician Online
Jun 9, 2005 · Learn how the refractive index, thickness and weight of spectacle lenses are affected by the choice of material, such as glass, plastic or polycarbonate. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of different lens materials for …
Contact Lens Complications - Optician Online
Dec 3, 2012 · View PDF . Each chapter is systematically laid out and the various complications arranged logically, by tissue pathology and slit-lamp appearance - an ideal way for practitioners to become skilled at approaching the clinical conundrums they face in contact lens practice.
Two-minute guide to MK and CLPU - Optician Online
Dec 3, 2010 · Learn the difference between microbial keratitis (MK) and contact lens peripheral ulcer (CLPU), two serious complications of contact lens wear. Find out how to diagnose, treat and prevent them with this quick reference guide by Andrew Elder Smith.