optician
Sign in to save300px|thumb|A US Navy optician adjusting a customer's glasses An optician is an individual who fits glasses or contact lenses by filling a refractive prescription from an optometrist or ophthalmologist. They are able to translate and adapt ophthalmic prescriptions, dispense products, and work with accessories. There are several specialties within the field.
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- Types
- Dispensing optician or ophthalmic dispenser
- Mechanical optician, lab optician, or ophthalmic lab technician
- Contact lens fitter or contact lens technician
- Ocularist
- Work environment
- Corporate practice
- Independent practice
- Optometrist or ophthalmologist office
- Hospitals and clinics
- Lab manufacturing
- History of opticians and spectacle makers
- Equipment
- Manual lensometer
- Automated lensometer
- Corneal reflex pupilometer
- By country
- Canada
- Provincial regulatory organizations
- The National Association of Canadian Opticianry Regulators (NACOR)
- Provincial associations
- Education
- Nigeria
- United Kingdom
- United States
- United States Organizations That Impact Opticianry on a National Level
- Notable opticians
- See also
- References
300px|thumb|A US Navy optician adjusting a customer's glasses An optician is an individual who fits glasses or contact lenses by filling a refractive prescription from an optometrist or ophthalmologist. They are able to translate and adapt ophthalmic prescriptions, dispense products, and work with accessories. There are several specialties within the field.
== Types == ===Dispensing optician or ophthalmic dispenser=== thumb|Trial frame and lenses A dispensing optician is anyone who prepares, fits, and dispenses prescription lenses, spectacles, glasses, contact lenses, or any other type of vision-correcting optical device to the intended user. They may interpret optical prescriptions issued by an ophthalmologist, optometrist, or physician for the lab optician who fabricates vision-correcting optical lenses. They also measure inter-ocular or pupillary distances, vertex distances, pupil fitting heights, and frame angles to determine the proper position of vision-correcting lenses. In addition, they adapt, modify, or align frames with vision-correcting lenses to the face of the intended wearer, Dispensing opticians must have a basic knowledge of laboratory techniques such as lens surfacing and lens preparation.