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If they are out of warranty, they are out of warranty. They're five years old. She's gotten a lot of mileage out of them. That's a long time for lenses. I am also not sure how the polarization could...

I'm not familiar with Smartlife lenses but one would assume there are layout charts online for you to contrast and compare.

Update: You are provided with an on-screen scientific calculator. The testing center also gave me a basic calculator and dry erase boards with markers. You just can't bring your own calculator.

I wish that was real.

Would love to see how much thinner it will be than 1.74. :giggle:

That's a can of worms I don't even want to open. I work for an ophthalmologist so we really don't do much in the way of contacts, but I know if I did, I would have to deal with all the CL fittings....

I passed! :bounce: After years of working in this field, I am finally an ABO Certified optician. This was my first time taking the test and even though I have been seriously studying for about a...

Well, I'm ophthalmology and while yes, we mainly just deal with our own patients, I do get outside RXs and fill them. I am not sure why they come to us and not the prescribing doctor because we don't...

Good points!

Also, if we did get replaced, would there be robots to do repairs and adjustments? Getting a robot to put a nut and bolt on a frame with a eyewire barrel with stripped threads seems...

Thanks, drk! I suppose I could always start by lowering the add a little bit for the intermediate if the patient feels they need a longer intermediate distance. I just don't want to be fiddling with...

One of our competitors nearby recently closed for good. We are now getting a lot of their clientele. That's a whole can of worms for various reasons (the last man standing there was not formally...

Update: Patient came back in saying he absolutely cannot tolerate the glasses. He said he "can't see anything." The technicians tested his VA both distance and near with the new glasses and he sees...

When asked by a patient about it, my approach is to explain that there isn't definitive consensus yet as to how much ocular "damage" HEV light causes. (This is a hot button issue apparently and some...

From what I hear, they are still losing/breaking patient's own frames frequently. I guess this only applies if you are forced to use their lab. I had heard that some people were able to get away with...

We have a handful that like to write their own RX and the doctor just kind of relented and gave them the script they wanted. I want to scream when I fill that RX with glasses and the patient...

From what I can see, there are increasingly less and less independent optoms or independently owned optometry practices. The big corporations are buying out all the small practices. And with that I...

Thank you for the insight!

According to the ABO website, the computers used for the test have an on-screen calculator. When consulting the Opticians on FB group, some people said they weren't allowed a calculator while many...

Hand neutralization meaning... using a lens clock to guesstimate lens power with the nominal lens formula? Isn't that required knowledge for the ABO exam?

I try to do as the doctor recommends but from experience, yeah. The patients hate it. I try to manage their expectations by explaining during the fitting that it will feel wonky having one PAL and...

I can't recommend the Optical Formulas Tutorial by Stoner, Perkins, and Ferguson enough. It's like a math workbook.

And LaramyK OpticianWorks. It's a monthly subscription but they also have many...

I'm crying looking at these numbers. On our long days we see as many as 80 patients with just one doctor. Shorter days are around 50 patients. But I work for an MD. So not all of those are...

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https://www.optiboard.com/forums/images/statusicon/user-online.pngI don't believe Equithin was done as it isn't on my lab invoice but will inquire.

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I swear I just read, while studying, that you are supposed to occlude while taking pds for nystagmus.

If they have their old glasses, I would see if you can mark them up with the lensometer and...

Cr39 stands for Columbia Resin (the company that developed it) and the 39 comes from it being the 39th attempt. Maybe everyone knows that, but I learned it while studying for the ABO and thought it...