ORLANDO — Clinicians should consider a child’s anticipated level of compliance when choosing a modality for myopia control, according to a panelist speaking at Vision Expo East.
Today’s treatment choices include atropine, orthokeratology, dual-focus soft lenses, soft multifocals, progressive-addition spectacles and repeated low-level red light therapy.
“This is where you get to be the doctor,” panelist Mark Bullimore, FCOptom, PhD, FAAO, adjunct faculty at University of Houston College of Optometry, told attendees. “I get asked which treatment is the best, and I say, ‘The one the child will