All orthokeratology Articles
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2.0KLatest Myopia NewsCORE and Myopia Profile Form Alliance
November 30, 2020 WATERLOO, Ontario, Canada and BRISBANE, Australia – The Centre for Ocular Research & Education (CORE) and Myopia Profile have...
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3.3KLatest Myopia NewsTruForm Optics Acquires DreamLens
September 17, 2020 TruForm Optics today announced the acquisition of DreamLens for managing myopia through overnight orthokeratology. The company says this acquisition...
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3.9KPatient CommunicationMaintaining Myopia Management with ‘Kindness and Understanding’ During this Pandemic
May 5, 2020 By Robert Burke When Sheila Morrison, OD, MS, FSLS, begins treating a child newly diagnosed with myopia, she expects...
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4.4KPatient CommunicationExplaining “Off Label” to Parents
Balance the risks of using an off-label treatment with the eye health consequences of no treatment at all.
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2.6KLatest Myopia NewsWinning Poster Supports Post-SMILE Ortho-K
Feb. 7, 2020 The use of orthokeratology to treat myopia regression after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) surgery was the subject...
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7.5KFinancialEstablishing a Myopia Management Practice: Our Blueprint for Success
Sponsored content Feb. 4, 2020 By Thanh Mai, OD, FSLS and Valerie Lam, OD, FAAO, FCOVD Primary care, check. Vision therapy,...
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11.9KClinicalCombination Strategies – What is Their Role in Myopia Management?
Individual interventions may not result in the expected efficacy.
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9.2KOrthokeratology Contact LensesSetting Up an Ortho-K Specialty for Practice and Patient Success
Good patient selection is paramount.
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4.3KClinicalA Study: Interventions to Control Myopia Progression
Existing evidence has failed to convince doctors to uniformly embrace treatments for myopic progression control.
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7.8KCE for StaffControlling Myopia in Children
This course is approved for one (1) hour of CE credit by the American Board of Opticianry (ABO).
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10.7KMultiple InterventionsEfficacy Comparison of 16 Interventions for Myopia Control in Children
June 6, 2019 Thanh Pham, MD Ophthalmologist, Hai Yen Eye Care Research Intern, Brien Holden Vision Institute Presently a number of optical,...
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3.5KClinicalDoes Orthokeratology Affect Ocular Surface and Meibomian Gland Dysfunction?
The effect of overnight orthokeratology
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Clinical
When to Initiate Myopia Management Intervention and When to Stop
Implicit in deciding when to initiate myopia management is monitoring pre-myopic patients who are at risk of developing myopia.
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Clinical
Myopia Management Intervention for Special Cases
Over 30 percent of the world is currently myopic, and by 2050, almost 50 percent will be myopic… a staggering 5 billion...
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Clinical
Managing Adult Progressive Myopia
Myopia is becoming a worldwide epidemic and imposes a tremendous public health burden.1-4 On top of the drastic increase in the overall...
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Office Design & Equipment
Myopia Management and Technology
For most eyecare professionals (ECPs), progressive myopia, especially among children, is a refractive error that they correct with single vision spectacles or...
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Clinical
Current Treatments in Myopia Management
Today’s optometrist can finally offer our young myopes an alternative to traditional refractive error correction that can improve their quality of life...
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Clinical
Myopia Treatments: How to Choose and When to Use?
Effective management in children and young adults may require different interventions. Learn which works best for your case.