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    Do you all measure your dilated patients differently?

    Our office just opened back in November, I have completed training with our lab and some other sources, but none of those even touched on what to do when a patient is dilated. I'm sorry if this has been asked before I've gone through the forums for literally months now reading everything I can and haven't seen anything about this. (super thankful for this board and all its knowledgeable members, I've learned so much!)

    How do you measure for, lets say a trifocal (lower edge of pupil) when they are dilated and their pupil is huge!? Do you just subtract a few mm to make up for the larger pupil or do you find a way to work around this?

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    Mark pupil center

    Fit on center for PAL
    Subtract 3 mm for SV height
    Subtract 4 mm for TF height
    Subtract 8 mm for BF height
    Subtract 10mm for sunglass BF height

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    Quote Originally Posted by drk View Post
    Mark pupil center

    Fit on center for PAL
    Subtract 3 mm for SV height
    Subtract 4 mm for TF height
    Subtract 8 mm for BF height
    Subtract 10mm for sunglass BF height
    Bless you and your brain! Thank you

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