{"id":58126,"date":"2023-07-25T07:05:39","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T11:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reviewob.com\/?p=58126"},"modified":"2023-07-25T11:26:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T15:26:17","slug":"how-an-optometrist-get-more-kids-in-contacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reviewob.com\/how-an-optometrist-get-more-kids-in-contacts\/","title":{"rendered":"Unmet Market Needs of Children in Contact Lenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>July 19, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewob.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Review of Optometric Business<\/strong><\/a> Editor-in-Chief Margery Weinstein speaks with Debbie Jones, OD, of the <a href=\"https:\/\/core.uwaterloo.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Centre for Ocular Research &amp; Education (CORE)<\/strong><\/a>; Carolyn MacNeil, OD, of <a href=\"https:\/\/insight-eyecare.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Insight 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