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Always wash hands before handling contact lenses. Rub and rinse the surface of the contact lens before storing. Use only sterile products recommended by your optometrist to clean and disinfect your lenses. Saline solution and rewetting drops are not designed to disinfect lenses. Avoid using tap water to wash or store contact lenses. Contact lens…

In the most basic of terms Orthokeratology (Ortho-k) is the science of changing the curvature or shape of the cornea to affect how light is focused on the retina at the back of the eye by using a contact lens that is worn while you sleep. The cornea is responsible for most of the eye’s…

Higher-order aberrations or HOAs are more complex vision errors than lower-order aberrations, which have more familiar names such as nearsightedness (myopia), farsightedness (hyperopia) and astigmatism. HOAs have relatively unfamiliar names such as coma, spherical aberration and trefoil. These types of aberrations can produce vision errors such as difficulty seeing at night, glare, halos, blurring, starburst…

Brad Bodkin, OD, MS, FAAODr. Brad Bodkin is the founder and president of The Vision Center at Seaside Farms.  He is a native of Collinsville, Virginia, and graduated from The College of William and Mary with Bachelors of Science degrees in mathematics and chemistry.  He continued his studies at The New England College of Optometry…

Here at the Vision Center we believe in providing high quality products to our patients. This includes our selection of frames which are made of the newest and most innovative materials available today while still maintaining a high level of fashion. We offer over 100 brands in our Online Optical Store.

This menu contains vital information on many of the major eye diseases and conditions that patients often suffer from.

We can design and implement almost any type of data collection form you may need. Take a look at the sample forms found in this same menu.

There are two types of opticians, dispensing opticians and manufacturing opticians. Both have different job skills but dispensing opticians may sometimes perform some of the same work as manufacturing opticians. Manufacturing opticians are involved in the actual process of making eyeglasses, contacts, and lenses for other purposes. They produce the lenses from scratch to finish…

When you refer to an “eye doctor” you might be thinking about an Optometrist but could be referring to an Ophthalmologist. An Ophthalmologist is a Medical Doctor (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.). Ophthalmologists are licensed to practice medicine, perform surgery, and perform all tasks Optometrists do including diagnosing and treating eye diseases, giving eye…