The Eye Doctors North Topeka (2024)

FAQs

What kind of eye doctor is at America's Best? ›

At America's Best Contacts & Eyeglasses, we're incredibly proud of our network of skilled and experienced eye care professionals, including opticians, optometrists, and ophthalmologists.

For general eye care, either an optometrist or ophthalmologist is a good option. Both of these types of eye doctors can: Give you a comprehensive dilated eye exam. Write a prescription for glasses or contacts.

Ophthalmologists are medical doctors (MDs) or doctors of osteopathy (DOs) who have attended medical school. They're qualified to diagnose and treat any condition that affects your eyes and vision, including performing surgery on your eyes.

An ophthalmologist is a medical doctor, and the only eye doctor with a medical degree (MD). An optometrist is not a medical doctor but is often referred to as an eye doctor because they hold a doctor of optometry (OD) degree.

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Visit your medical optometrist for primary medical eye care, including eye medication prescriptions, monitoring and managing eye diseases, or emergency eye care services. Visit an ophthalmologist for interventions like surgical treatments for serious eye diseases, advanced ocular problems, or refractive eye surgery.

Most eye floaters are caused by age-related changes that occur as the jelly-like substance (vitreous) inside your eyes liquifies and contracts. Scattered clumps of collagen fibers form within the vitreous and can cast tiny shadows on your retina. The shadows you see are called floaters.

Optometrists are not medical doctors. Instead, they have a Doctor of Optometry (OD) degree after finishing three or more years of college and four years of optometry school.

Should you choose an optometrist (OD) or an ophthalmologist (MD) for your initial eye exam? If this is a routine checkup, you can go with either one. If you have or think you might have an eye problem like cataracts or another condition that may require surgery, an ophthalmologist is the right choice.

With your pupils open, your provider can examine the cornea, lens, retina, optic nerve and surrounding blood vessels. Another name for this test is fundoscopy. Slit-lamp exam: After dilating your pupils with special eyedrops, your provider examines your eyes using a microscope (slit lamp) mounted to a table.

Why do eye doctors take pictures of your eyes? ›

Pictures of the back of your eye will show your retina, blood vessels, and optic nerve. The images let your eye doctor detect certain eye or health issues and treat them early to prevent them from becoming severe.

It may sound cliché but your eyes really can be a window to what's going on inside you. We check your eyes for color; redness can be a sign of eye infection, while yellowing may signal liver problems. We shine a light into your eye to test the eye's reflexes. The light should make the pupil get smaller.