How To Fill Out The Prescription
Single Vision Prescription
If your prescription is like the following one, you need first to choose a single vision type and then fill in the correct information like the example below.
Reading Prescription
If your prescription is like the following ones, you need to fill in information like the example below. (Note: there is no PD value in the prescription, but actually you need to fill in your PD value)
Other Information You Might Use When Filling In Prescription
- OD stands for “oculus dexter,” or right eye.
- OS stands for “oculus sinister,” or left eye.
- if there is PL or DS in your prescription, it means the value should be 0.
- The term PL (Plano) means there is no spherical correction in this eye.
- DS stands for “diopter sphere”, which means there is no astigmatism correction for this eye.
- You need to fill in information like the example below. (Note: there isn’t PD in the prescription, but actually you need to fill in your PD measurement)
- How to measure your PD?
