NAO Reference Material

Here you will find an interesting and extensive selection of office library reference materials

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Clinical Considerations for Dispensing

Clinical Considerations for Dispensing

Frank Ervin, OD, FNAO, Edmund Wnuczek, Jr., FNAO

An indispensable reference book for the career optician, this manual expresses concepts, definitions, and materials with easy to study illustrations hard to find in other reference publications. Among it’s easy to access features are an anatomy lesson, dispensing chapter, review of the concepts of light, a math review that includes easy to follow study illustrations, and a lesson on the use of the Geneva Lens Clock. Also find a set of illustrations on prism targets as seen in a lensometer, (very difficult yet important for opticians doing exam preliminaries where detection of prism in neutralization in the patient’s glasses is critical). Each chapter includes a ‘test’ review and closes with a current review of legal responsibilities to the patient.

Dictionary of Ophthalmic Optics

Dictionary of Ophthalmic Optics 

Oversized pocket dictionary of terminology for those occupied in the study or practice of topics related to ophthalmology.

Features coverage of:

” combining forms related specifically to the eye,
” common combining forms,
” combining forms showing direction and position, and
” pronunciation.
” extensively cross-referenced

Product Details:

Spiral-bound
344 pages
39 figures/illustrations
7 tables
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5

Successful Optical Dispensing

Successful Optical Dispensing

This book deals with:

* ophthalmic frames;
* ophthalmic instrumentation;
* ordering ophthalmic lenses, and
* final inspection & delivery.

There are review questions and answers at the end of each chapter to test what you have learned.