Dental Loupes and Surgical Loupes and LED lights: Their use and benefit in the medical industry.
For the medical professional there are many benefits to using surgical loupes or dental loupes. When a patient sees their doctor receiving quality care is of utmost importance. One point that is often overlooked is the well-being of the dentist or physician. Doctors often spend long hours working on their patients in less than ideal conditions. Often times the area of the patient being treated is not always easy to access or see. In these situations the dentist or physician could benefit from the use of a good pair of magnifying loupes.
Loupes are available in varying magnifications, typically ranging from 2.0 to 8.0. The lower magnification loupes use 2 lenses to collimate the image. Due to their more complex design, which use lenses and prisms the higher magnification loupes are typically heavier. Additionally, the higher the magnification of the loupes the smaller the field of view the doctor will be able to see. There are many benefits to loupes, some obvious and others not so obvious. Loupes allow the treating physician to see the patient with better detail and clarity, stay a safer distance from the patient, and allow the physician or dentist to sit with proper posture to eliminate eye, back, and neck strain.
There are many loupe makers to choose from. Some have good products but mark up the price of their products to stratospheric levels. Other providers sell products of questionable quality at very low prices.
Prolight Optics has spent considerable time, effort, and expense to bring our loupes and LED lights to market while maintaining reasonable prices. Prolight Optics uses loupes with multi-coated optics to reduce glare and increase light transmission. The quality of our optics provides a sharp, and detailed image for exceptional edge to edge clarity. For doctors that rely on glasses we offer a prescription lens service. We offer custom made lenses in single vision, bi-focals, and (progressive) no-line bi-focals in our light weight strong titanium frames.
Article to be continued: Check back for the next posting which discusses the advantages of loupe mounted LED lights for dentists and surgeons.
