What is difference between an optometrist and an ophthalmologist?
Both are eye care professionals with doctorate training. Optometrists perform routine primary eye care, treat eye injuries and disease, as well as fit glasses and contact lenses just as ophthalmologists do. However, ophthalmologists perform both laser and non-laser eye surgeries for various eye conditions, whereas an optometrist does not. Both optometrists and ophthalmologists in Mississippi prescribe topical and oral pharmaceutical agents for the diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases, infections and injuries.
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