What is an Optometrist?
Optometrists specialize in examining, diagnosing, treating, managing and preventing diseases and disorders of the visual system, the eye and related structure, making Ontario’s optometrists your primary eye and vision health doctors.
Recommended treatments for patients can include eyeglasses, contact lenses, special low vision aids, eye co-ordination exercises, drug therapies, or referral to appropriate specialists for advanced medical, surgical or laser treatments.
Like physicians and dentists, optometrists are regulated health professionals who have completed a specialized 4-year University degree program, which includes extensive lectures and clinical training experience in human health and vision systems, optics, and patient care.
