Should prospective dental students be screened for colour vision deficits?
Key Points Describes the issues inherent in assessing prospective dental students Outlines one specific problem encountered in recent assessment-colour vision deficiency (CVD). Provides a comprehensive overview of the role of CVD in dentistry. Discusses compensatory strategies for practising clinici...
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Published in | British dental journal Vol. 221; no. 5; pp. 227 - 228 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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London
Nature Publishing Group UK
09.09.2016
Nature Publishing Group |
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Summary: | Key Points
Describes the issues inherent in assessing prospective dental students
Outlines one specific problem encountered in recent assessment-colour vision deficiency (CVD).
Provides a comprehensive overview of the role of CVD in dentistry.
Discusses compensatory strategies for practising clinicians.
A perennial question in dental education is: what skills and aptitudes should be assessed in prospective dental students? Intellectual capacity and manual dexterity understandably rank highly, but are there minimum thresholds for visual perception that applicants need be able to demonstrate before they enter the profession? We have recently flagged this issue with regard to the thresholds of stereoscopic acuity required for a dentist when operating on teeth. In the present article, we highlight the issue of identifying a minimum acceptable level of colour vision. |
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ISSN: | 0007-0610 1476-5373 |
DOI: | 10.1038/sj.bdj.2016.633 |