What Are Bifocals?

Bifocals, or bifocal lenses, are lenses made with two fields of vision, or in other words, different magnifications in two parts of the lenses. A bifocal lens contains a distance prescription and a near vision prescription all in one, with he near vision segment located at the bottom, more nasal portion of the lenses. Bifocal [...]

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How To Make More Money As Optician

There are several points that can definitely make any Optician, certified or licensed, worth more money, thus, increasing their Optician salary.  One of the most obvious is advancing your knowledge, or becoming an advanced Certified Optician, becoming licensed or even going for ABO Masters Program. The least obvious items that would create an increase in [...]

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What Is An Optician Salary?

An Optician’s salary can be largely based off of experience and know how which comes from working, or apprenticing, under another Optician in an atmosphere where one gets plenty of exposure to eyewear duties such as patient interaction, laboratory (making the eyewear), and adjustments for various frame and lenses issues to use of the lensmeter, [...]

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What Is Macular Degeneration?

Many people ask the question what is macular degeneration?  Macular degeneration happens when a person, usually elderly, begins to lose central vision due to the cells of the macula portion of the eyeball degenerating.  Central vision is when a person looks straight ahead, it is everything in that line of vision that is known as [...]

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How To Troubleshoot Vision Problems With Prescription Eyeglasses

When a patient or customer returns not satisfied with eyeglasses, complaining of vision problems during wear, the first thing any Optician must do is listen well in order to learn how to troubleshoot the patient’s vision problems swiftly and accurately by a list of quality standards checks. Review the eyeglasses prescription to be certain the [...]

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Safety Glasses Require Proper Inscription And Thickness!

As an Optician, one will encounter various safety glasses needs from patients who work in industries requiring protective eyewear, and some of those patients need prescription safety eyeglasses.  Safety glasses must have a safety inscription which verifies to any inspector that the eyewear is of the proper thickness to protect the patient.  Safety glasses come [...]

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