During a comprehensive eye exam, the doctor will put dilating drops in the eyes to make the pupils larger in order to get a thorough evaluation of the health of the internal eye. The drops take about 15 minutes to start working. The complete medical evaluation may include all or part of the following tests depending on your individual needs.

• a general and ocular health history
• internal and external dilated eye examination for signs of disorders such as cataracts, glaucoma, macular degeneration and retinal problems
• a computer assisted refraction test to determine if correction is needed for nearsightedness, farsightedness or astigmatism
• a muscle function test to identify any muscle weakness or involuntary eye movement
• binocular vision assessment to insure the eyes work together properly
• a tonometry test to measure the internal eye pressure to detect glaucoma
• computerized vision field testing to detect and monitor changes in the field of vision caused by glaucoma and neurological disorders.
• use of a retinal camera to document diseases of the eye, including macular degeneration, glaucoma and tumors in the eye.
• preferential hyperacuity perimeter testing to monitor macular degeneration and early detection of the conversion of dry macular degeneration to wet macular degeneration
• use of coherence tomography to provide laser assisted imaging of the retina for diagnosing and monitoring retinal diseases such as macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy
• ocular blood flow analysis to identify reduced blood flow to the optic nerve in glaucoma
• scanning laser polarimetry to detect and monitor damage to the optic nerve in glaucoma