Optometrist vs. optician whats the difference???
2007-01-26 04:50:48 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Optometrist is the doctor who tests your eyes for vision and writes a prescription for eyeglasses, Opticians fill the prescription and makes the eyeglasses. Some are both.
2007-01-26 04:55:45 · answer #1 · answered by smartypants909 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Optometrist (or oculist) is qualified to test ones eyes for defects and prescribe glasses for correction. He may or may not be a doctor.
Optician is one who prepares glasses for vision correction, based on the prescription of an optometrist or oculist.
An ophthalmologist is a doctor specialised in treatment of eyes.
2007-01-26 14:05:48 · answer #2 · answered by greenhorn 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Biggest difference: optometrists can perform surgeries
Opticians cannot
2007-01-26 07:41:48 · answer #3 · answered by cheerios43 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Your rx isnt undesirable adequate to be put in a hi-index lens. i might advise polycarbonate lenses. nevertheless, are the frames finished physique, 0.5 physique or drill mounts? in the adventure that your donning a physique the place the lenses shows truthfully, then you ought to to circulate with a hi-index. yet poly will artwork for only as sturdy for you good now...additionally you ought to positioned an Anti-reflective coating on the lenses to shrink the glare at night!
2016-09-28 00:35:41 · answer #4 · answered by emilios 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋