Generally, you pay for your own dental service costs unless you have dental insurance coverage at your workplace. If you or your children need braces to straighten your teeth, you will be referred to an orthodontist in Winnipeg. The clinic also refers patients to an oral surgeon. The clinic may refer your child to a special children's dentist called a pedodontist. The clinic makes referrals to an oral surgeon.
Optometrists deal with eye problems that can be corrected with glasses or contact lenses.
They have a doctorate in optometry but they are not medical doctors and they do not prescribe medicine. Both ophthalmologists and optometrists can prescribe glasses or contact lenses if you need them. You should take the prescriptions to an optician. All opticians are trained and licensed to fit you with glasses, and some are also licensed to fit you with contact lenses. There are no permanent ophthalmologists or optometrists in Thompson but these specialists travel to the community regularly from Winnipeg.