Eye Exams

What are eye exams?

Comprehensive eye exams at Eye Tech Optometric Center include vision testing, eye health examinations, retinal imaging, and other diagnostic procedures that determine if you have vision problems or an eye disease. The Eye Tech Optometric Center team has many years of experience completing dilated eye exams and is highly trained in the field of optometry. 

What are the benefits of eye exams?

The main benefits of undergoing routine eye exams at Eye Tech Optometric Center include early eye disease detection, better eye disease management, and vision correction. The optometry experts can also reduce unpleasant symptoms of an eye infection, eye injury, or other potential problems.

What should I expect during eye exams?

During eye exams at Eye Tech Optometric Center, the friendly team greets you and may complete the following:

Vision testing

During vision testing, you read numbers and letters from an eye chart from a distance. You might also read from a close distance. With refraction testing, you look through various lenses, allowing your optometrist to determine which vision correction solution helps you see clearly.

Eye health exam

Your Eye Tech Optometric Center provider examines your eyes. They may dilate your eyes with drops and use a special light or wide retinal imaging to get an in-depth view of your eyes. They also test your eye pressure, peripheral vision, color vision, and more.

Treatment

Vision and eye health treatments available at Eye Tech Optometric Center include contact lenses, eyeglasses, medications, and eye drops, among others. Your provider may refer you to a specialist if you need a surgical procedure. 

To maintain eye health, adopt healthy habits at home, such as eating nutritious foods, taking vitamin supplements if your provider asks you to, protecting your eyes from the sun, and seeing the Eye Tech Optometric Center team if you have an eye emergency.

How often should I schedule eye exams?

Your Eye Tech Optometric Center provider lets you know when to schedule eye exams based on your vision and eye health history, age, and risk factors. You might need an eye exam every year or every few years. 

Call the Eye Tech Optometric Center office whenever you have concerns or questions about your eye health or experience new or worsening vision changes.

To schedule eye exams at Eye Tech Optometric Center, call the office or use the online booking tool today.

Full comprehensive eye exam with wide retinal imaging

Glasses

With hundreds of frame styles to choose from, many see eyeglasses as a way to express themselves through fashion. Choosing eyeglasses to correct your vision has other benefits, too, like letting your eyes breathe if they’re easily irritated or prone to dryness. Medical optometrist and orthokeratologist Allen Choi, OD, and the team at Eye Tech Optometric Center in Buena Park, California, offer a large selection of designer and name brand frames and ensure that your prescription is up to date for each new pair. To schedule an appointment for glasses, call the office or use the online booking tool today. 

How do glasses work?

Glasses, or eyeglasses, are used to correct vision problems. After your Eye Tech Optometric Center provider examines your eyes and tests your vision to create your lens prescription, it’s up to you to decide between glasses, contact lenses, or corrective eye surgery to see clearly again. 

If you opt for glasses, you’ll be asked to choose a frame for your prescription lenses. Eye Tech Optometric Center offers a wide variety of frames, most of which are durably made of plastic or metal.

In addition to eyeglasses, Eye Tech Optometric Center also offers an array of sunglasses to help protect your eyes from the sun.

What are the benefits of choosing glasses over contact lenses?

In some cases, your provider may recommend that you choose glasses over contact lenses for medical reasons. Glasses are a top choice because:

• You don’t need to touch your eyes, as with contact lenses
• Frames add a personalized, fashionable touch to your appearance
• Eyeglasses can protect your eyes from dust and wind
• They don’t irritate dry or sensitive eyes
• They are cheaper than contact lenses in the long term
• They are low-maintenance

In most cases, the choice is up to you. If you aren’t comfortable with the idea of touching your eye, or if you are unable to keep to a strict regimen of care and replacement with contact lenses, eyeglasses may be the better option.

What types of lenses are available for glasses?

There are several general types of lenses that you may need based on the kind of vision that you have:

Concave lenses

Concave lenses curve toward your eye from the frame and are thinnest in the center. You’ll need these if you’re nearsighted.

Convex lenses

For patients who are farsighted, convex lenses work sort of like a magnifying glass. They are thickest in the center of the lens.

Cylindrical lenses

Cylindrical lenses are custom-curved more in one direction than the other. They’re generally prescribed to correct astigmatism.

Bifocals

Often used for reading, bifocals include two viewing areas for patients whose vision needs correcting at multiple distances.

There are many other options to consider when purchasing eyeglasses. You can opt for sunglass lenses, lenses that automatically darken in direct sunlight to protect your eyes from ultraviolet radiation, or customized shatterproof glasses for sports and other activities.

If your vision needs an extra boost, call Eye Tech Optometric Center or schedule an appointment online to explore your options for glasses.