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Eye care is a profession and is handled by professionally qualified group of people specializing in their own areas of service to the consumers. The 3 types of eye care providers (vary\u00a0in level of training and expertise) are the Ophthalmologists, Optometrists and opticians.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Ophthalmologists<\/strong> :<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Medical or osteopathic doctors.<\/li>\n<li>Specialize in eye and vision care.<\/li>\n<li>Differ from optometrists and opticians in their levels of training and in what they can diagnose and treat.<\/li>\n<li>Licensed to practice medicine and surgery.<\/li>\n<li>Diagnose and treat all eye diseases, perform eye surgery and prescribe and fit eyeglasses and contact lenses to correct vision problems.<\/li>\n<li>Many ophthalmologists are also involved in scientific research on the causes and cures for eye diseases and vision disorders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Optometrists<\/strong> :<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Primary eye care providers who specialize in performing eye examinations.<\/li>\n<li>An optometrist is not a medical doctor.<\/li>\n<li>They are licensed to practice optometry, which primarily involves performing :<\/li>\n<li>Perform refraction on patients who are adults, children or adolescents.<\/li>\n<li>Prescribe optical appliances such as glasses and contact lenses to correct vision problems such as short-sightedness, long-sightedness and astigmatism.<\/li>\n<li>Perform visual examination on patients and refer them to other healthcare practitioners such as ophthalmologist for further management if any eye abnormalities\/diseases are detected.<\/li>\n<li>Perform any other type of practice of eye care which is part of the practice of opticianry (eg. dispensing and fitting of glasses and contact lenses)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Opticians<\/strong> :<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>3 different categories of opticians in Singapore.<\/li>\n<li>All of them are equipped with the skills to dispense and fit glasses based on prescriptions from optometrists or ophthalmologists.<\/li>\n<li>The 3 categories are :<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Category 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Opticians (Dispensing Only) \u2013 this category of opticians are only qualified to dispense and fit glasses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Category 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Opticians (Refraction and Dispensing) &#8211; 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