Should prospective dental students be screened for colour vision deficits?
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.
School of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire.
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Department of Optometry and Visual Science, National Centre for Optics, Vision and Eye Care, University College of Southeast Norway, Kongsberg, Norway.
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School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire.
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School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire.
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School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire.
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van der Zee
School of Dentistry, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia.
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School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire.
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School of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire.|Department of Optometry and Visual Science, National Centre for Optics, Vision and Eye Care, University College of Southeast Norway, Kongsberg, Norway.|Bradford Institute of Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Bradford.
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School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire.
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D055253:Color Vision; D003867:Depth Perception; D004497:Education, Dental; D006801:Humans; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013335:Students, Dental