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Optometry is a primary health care profession, specifically licensed in all around the world, which incompasses the prevention and remediation of disorder of the vision system through examination, diagnosis, treatment, management of the visual efficiency, eye health as well as the recognition and diagnosis of related Systemic manifestation of all of which are designed to preserve and enhance the quality of our lives and environment. "Optometry is 1sl line of defence against blindness" Optometry's more specialized service includes Ophthalmic Contact Lens Theraphy, Regular Lens Theraphy, Low vision Theraphy, Vision Rehabilitative Theraphy, Development vision Theraphy, Electro-Physiological procedures, Management of Ocular Pathology and consultation with other professionals in the field of child development, remedial reading education, special education, Illuminating engineering, clinical phychology and highway safety and other health care practitioners. Optometrist is an important personnel in the field of visual science, who can relieve the highly qualified eye surgeon's as pre-assessment before surgery and post assessment after surgey and reduce the work of eye surgeon thus personnel know all about the care of eyes, as:
Physiotherapy also known as "Physical Therapy" is recognized by the "World Health Organisation" and being practiced at international level. Physiotherapy can be defined as "a science which deals with the treatment through physical agents and other modalities such as Heat Therapy, Hydrotherapy, Short-wave Therapy, Microwave Therapy, Ultrasonic Therapy, Electrical Stimulators, Electrical Massengers, Paraffin Wax Therapy, Infrared rays and Ultraviolet Units, Traction etc. on the basis of knowledge of human anatomy and physiology. Government is fast expanding Rehabilitation Services in the rural ares. These Physiotherapist are much needed also in community Health Centre, besides in private hospital and nursing homes. Services of these Physiotherapist are required entirely as super special Para-Medical branch of treatment which still lacks qualified personal.
A dental technologist (dental laboratory technician) is a member of the dental team who, upon prescription from a dental clinician, constructs custom made restorative and dental appliances.There are four major disciplines within dental technology. These are fixed prosthesis including crowns, bridges and implants; removable prosthesis, including dentures and removable partial dentures; maxillofacial prosthesis, including ocular prosthesis and craniofacial prosthesis; and orthodontics and auxiliaries, including orthodontic appliances and mouthguards. The dentist communicates with the dental technologist with prescriptions, drawings and measurements taken from the patient. The most important aspect of this is a dental impression into which the technologist flows a gypsum dental stone to create a replica of the patients anatomy known as a dental cast. A technologist can then use this cast for the construction of custom appliances.