In asymptomatic patients, comprehensive routine optometric eye examinations detect a significant number of new eye conditions and/or result in management changes. The number detected increases with age and assessment interval.
Optometric practitioners routinely modify the subjective refraction to create the prescription. Small modifications are common, whereas larger modifications are used more sparingly. Because there is a significant amount of clinical judgment involved in determining the refractive prescription, reliance on automated or subjective refraction alone would not be prudent.
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