>>As far as I know, an Optiker is an optician. An optician usually works in a shop where they sell glasses. An optometrist usually works in a office with only a nurse, just like a general doctor, an Artz.
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>>From Wikipedia: An optician is an eye care professional who provides corrective lenses based on a refraction prescription supplied by a ophthalmologist or optometrist. The lenses may be contact lenses, spectacles or rarely as a monocle.
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>This makes it even more worse.
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>In germany the Optiker may work withouy any eye doctor. He is perfecty fitted to do all thasks himself. This is the common way since the doctor is normaly nothing then a waste of time.
>The Optiker will also work based on a recommendation given by a doctor.
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>One goes to the doctor initialy, but if there is nothing abnormal one will stick with the Optiker.
>Agnes

So you don't have any doctors who are specialized in eye "matters"? I write "matters" with apostrophe since eye matter also can mean the liquid stuff inside an eye.