All orthokeratology Articles

A Checklist for Success

Here is a checklist for success that includes 14 takeaways for Getting Started with Myopia Management. Refer back to the sections preceding...

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Setting Your Fees

Since myopia management services and materials are not covered by insurance or vision benefit plans, adding the service is an opportunity for...

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Financial Considerations

Myopia management represents a separate category of business growth. A practice that offers myopia management benefits from an influx of new, young...

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IMI—Interventions for Controlling Myopia Onset and Progression 2025

October 15, 2025 By Ashley Tucker, OD, FAAO, FSLS, ABO Diplomate The latest white paper from the International Myopia Institute (IMI), Interventions...

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Clinical

Managing Juvenile-Onset Myopia When an Optical Biometer is Unavailable

With our expanding knowledge of juvenile-onset myopia, the accurate diagnosis and treatment of the disease is paramount to reduce the burden of...

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Editor’s Perspective

What Do Parents Really Want to Know?

September 15, 2025 By Ashley Tucker, OD, FAAO, FSLS, ABO Diplomate Recently, the mother of a 7-year-old patient sat across from me...

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Finding Myopia Management Success Through Education and Connection

September 15, 2025 By Lea Hair, OD, MS Myopia management is personal for me. My father had a macula-off retinal detachment at...

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Bringing Myopia Management to My Family-Focused Community

Dr. Marla Hayden shares how her family-focused community has benefited from her commitment to myopia management. September 15, 2025 By Marla Hayden,...

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Do Accommodative Changes Drive Orthokeratology’s Myopia Control Effect?

September 1, 2025 By Eman A. Alzghoul, PhD, MScOptom, BscOptom, FIACLE, FBCLA Orthokeratology lenses are widely used for myopia control in children,...

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Clinical

Is Tapering Myopia Management Therapy Necessary Before Discontinuation?

September 1, 2025 By Dr. Gareth Lingham Morth Clinicians now have access to a range of myopia control therapies that have been...

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Select the Most Appropriate Treatment

When it comes to myopia management treatments, there often isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach. Each child is unique. It’s important to consider factors...

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Associations Between RetNet Gene Polymorphisms and OrthoK Efficacy

August 15, 2025 By Ashley Tucker, OD, FAAO, FSLS, ABO Diplomate This retrospective clinical study explored how both clinical and genetic factors...

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Factors Influencing OrthoK Treatment in Low Myopia

August 1, 2025 By Kevin Chan, OD, MS, FAAO, IACMM The article written by Fan et al. investigates a plethora of risk...

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Editor’s Perspective

The Art and Science of Treatment Cessation for Myopia Care

August 1, 2025 By Kevin Chan, OD, MS, FAAO, IACMM When a prescribed treatment for myopia management works as planned, it helps...

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Commonly Held Beliefs About Myopia That Lack a Robust Evidence Base

July 15, 2025 By Ashley Tucker, OD, FAAO, FSLS, ABO Diplomate The 2025 update by Brennan et al., published in Contact Lens...

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Personalizing Myopia Treatments and Communication Styles for Better Patient Outcomes

July 15, 2025 By Jonathan Chen, OD, FAAO, FSLS, IACMM As myopia rates rise globally, I am committed to making a difference...

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Implementation

How to Optimize Patient Adherence to Prescribed Interventions

July 1, 2025 By Vaughn Brinegar, OD The best myopia management intervention is meaningless if you can’t get your patients to follow...

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Latest Myopia News

CooperVision Expands Reach of Generation Sight Program

June 24, 2025 ROCHESTER, N.Y. — In December 2023, CooperVision announced Generation Sight, a new multidisciplinary program that will bring myopia care...

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