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An eye exam is a set of quick tests, and each one answers a different question about your eyes. Here's what refraction, eye pressure, visual field, retinal photos and OCT actually check.
20/20 means you can read at 20 feet what a typical person reads at 20 feet. It's a good result, but it only measures one thing. Here's what the numbers mean and what they leave out.
The American Optometric Association recommends exams at set ages for kids, yearly for school-age children and adults 65 and older, and at least every two years for other adults. Here is why we encourage most patients to come in once a year.