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December 2004 |
Features
Increase Your Contact Lens Profitability
By: S. Barry Eiden, O.D., F.A.A.O.
Forget the pricing game. You can boost your contact lens profits by offering what your competitors don't.
Managing Contact Lens Complications
By: Carla J. Mack, OD, MBA, FAAO, Editor; Jeff Schafer, O.D., M.S.
Case histories help illustrate how to diagnose and treat soft contact lens complications.
Colorful Optometric Viewpoints
By: Amber Gaume, O.D.; Jan Bergmanson, O.D., PhD
Practitioner responses on the role of opaque lenses and on fitting keratoconic patients with contact lenses.
Creating Patient Interest in Corneal Reshaping
By: Walter D. West , OD, FAAO; Clark Jensen, O.D.; Susan Jong, O.D.
Paragon's CRT is not your grandfather's ortho-k lens -- and your teenage patients will appreciate that fact.
Departments
editor's perspective
By: Elise Brisco, O.D., F.A.A.O.
Are You Selling Your Patients the Real Thing?
prescribing for astigmatism
By: Timothy B. Edrington, OD, MS
Using Larger Diameter GPs to Fit Irregular Corneas
GP insights
By: Edward S. Bennett, OD, MSEd
GP Lens Fitting Made Simple
continuous wear colloquy
By: Loretta B. Szczotka-Flynn, OD, PhD, MS, FAAO
Epithelial Splits Don't Always Cause a "Frown"
discovering dry eye
By: Kelly Kinney Nichols, OD, MPH, PHD
Defining Successful Lens Wear
contact lens care
By: Susan Gromacki, O.D., M.S., F.A.A.O.
The Latest Research in CL Care
contact lens practice pearls
By: Thomas G. Quinn, OD, MS, FAAO
Simple Tools for Your Contact Lens Practice
therapeutic topics
By: William D. Townsend, OD, FAAO
Going Off Label
staffing solutions
By: Mary Jameson, BHS, COA, NCLC, CPOT
Do I Need B-B-Bifocals?
contact lens economics
By: Antonio Calossi, DIP OPTOM IT, FAILAC, FBCLA
What's Holding Back CL Growth?
treatment plan
By: Leo Semes, O.D., F.A.A.O.
Investigating Swollen Eyelids
the contact lens exam
By: David Kading, O.D.; Jennifer L. Smythe, OD, MS, FAAO
Corneal Topography: More Than Just a Colorful Map
readers' forum
By: Joseph G. Vehige, O.D.; Peter A. Simmons, PhD, FAAO
Ocular Lubrication vs. Viscosity of Ophthalmic Products
readers' forum
By: Buddy Russell, FCLSA; Theresa M. Klein, C.O.M.T.
Determining IOL Power for Post-Refractive Surgery Patients
contact lens case reports
By: Patrick J. Caroline, FAAO; Mark P. André, FAAO
Working Around Pingueculae