EyeCare Services


EyeCare Services
General Eye Exam

  1. PATIENT HISTORY

    Personal and family health and ocular history. Current inventory of ocular signs and symptoms including patient perception of current visual status.

  2. ENTRANCE TESTS
    • Stereo Vision - This test assesses depth perception and the eyes ability to work together.
    • Color Vision - Most color deficiencies are inherited, therefore screening is important, particularly in children.
    • Pupil Testing - Neurological patency assessment is accomplished by shining a bright light into each eye, noting how the pupils respond.
    • Eye Movement - This test allows the doctor to determine if the eyes have a full range of motion and detect any restrictions due to muscle or neurological deficits.

  3. REFRACTION

    This determines your final eyeglass prescription for distance and reading. Contact lens prescriptions are generally slightly different.

  4. KERATOMETRY

    This measures corneal curvature and is critical to proper contact lens fitting.

  5. INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE

    Assessment of intraocular pressure (IOP) traditionally has been known as the "glaucoma screening" with the air puff or blue light touching the eye. While this test provides a barometer of potential disease, other tests are required to fully diagnose glaucoma.


  6. BIOMICROSCOPY

    This allows the doctor to assess the health of external ocular tissues under various degrees of magnification.

  7. PUPIL DILATION

    This aspect of an exam is important in assessing retinal integrity and health. Imagine viewing the inside of a closet through a keyhole versus opening the door. Dilating drops permit the doctor to examine retinal tissues with binocular vision and farther out to the peripheral regions of the eye.


Contact Lens Exam

ACUVUE
BAUSCH/LOMB
BIOMEDICS
CIBA
FOCUS
MEDALIST
SEEQUENCE II
SUREVUE
WESLEY JESSEN

A contact lens exam consists of all aspects of a general exam in addition to the following:

  • Trial contact lens assessment.
  • Slit lamp evaluation to assess lens coverage, centration, and movement.
  • Instruction of proper techniques for insertion and removal of lenses, and proper method of disinfection with appropriate solutions.
  • Follow up visit generally 1-2 weeks later to insure proper fit and patient approval of comfort and clarity of vision.

Who Can Wear Contact Lenses?

Just about anyone tired of wearing glasses has the potential for successful contact lens wear. Granted, certain ocular conditions preclude some of us from the freedom of contact lenses, so it is best to consult with your doctor in this regard.

What Type of Lenses Do We Fit

Soft contact lenses are the workhorse of most optometry practices these days. Standard daily wear, 2 week disposable, 2-3 month planned replacement, toric daily wear and planned replacement, and bifocal lenses are all present in our arsenal.

Rigid gas permeable lenses (RGP's) may be utilized for patients with a high degree of correction or astigmatism and are used to control nearsighted progression by some practitioners.



Refractive Surgery

TriState EyeCare comanages the care of all its laser vision correction patients through The Laser Center of Mount Laurel.

What is this "comanagement thing"? As a patient of TriState EyeCare, all pre-laser testing is done at our office. The actual laser is applied to the eyes at The Laser Center in Mount Laurel. All follow-up evaluations are performed with our doctors.

Check out The Laser Center's home page to answer any and all questions regarding this revolutionary procedure in vision correction. Please feel free to ask our doctors any questions that you may still have regarding this procedure.



Glaucoma and Ocular Diseases