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December 2007 was better than December 2006 in many ways. Dispensing, particularly of more expensive progressive lenses, was up, as were new contact lens fits. In parallel, the number of sight tests also increased, as did total practice turnover.
From September through to November, eye examinations failed to match figures recorded over the same period in 2006. October and November are usually high points of the year in terms of volume of eye tests, yet despite better results over the summer, figures lagged last year by 5 to 8 per cent. Likewise, dispensing volumes were low over October and November and correspondingly AR coatings volumes have fallen sharply.
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