Comprehensive Eye Exams

It's about more than just blurry vision.

Eye exams are vital to your overall health.

In addition to assessing your visual acuity, your eye care provider will test for common eye diseases, assess how your eyes are functioning together, and more.

Serious health issues like diabetes and high blood pressure are often first detected during an eye exam.

Adults who should receive an Annual Eye Exam? (At Risk):

• A personal or family history of ocular disease

• Systemic health conditions with potential ocular manifestations

• Occupations that are highly demanding visually or have a high potential of being hazardous to the eyes

• Taking prescription or nonprescription drugs with ocular side effects

• Functional vision in only one eye

• Wearing contact lenses

• Eye surgery or previous eye injury

• High or progressive refractive error

• Other eye-related health concerns or conditions. Patients who have undergone refractive surgery (LASIK, PRK, SMILE) should still have an eye exam every 1-2 years for monitoring of overall ocular health.
  
  

What does a comprehensive eye exam include?

Your optometrist will determine what tests are needed based on your medical history.

However, most comprehensive eye exams include the following:

• Visual acuity to test the sharpness of your vision, usually with an eye chart

• Visual fields test to check for blind spots in your vision

• Retinoscopy to estimate your eyeglass prescription

• Refraction to determine your exact eyeglass prescription

• Slit lamp to check for common eye diseases and conditions

• Retinal photo screenings to test for diabetic retinopathy

• Tonometry to test for glaucoma

• Ophthalmoscopy to examine the optic nerve, retina, and blood vessels

• Skin Carotenoid Scanner to measure the antioxidant level of your eyes and body
  
  

What about contact lens exams?

A comprehensive eye exam typically does not include a contact lens fitting. So you may need to schedule a separate contact lens exam.

Just let us know when you schedule your appointment, and we'll make sure you are taken care of.

​​​​​​​Make healthy vision a priority in your life and in the lives of the ones you love.