Open AccessPrevalence of Colour Vision Anomalies Amongst Dental Professionals and its Effect on Shade Matching of Teeth
Author(s) -
Amrit Khosla,
Anuj Paul Maini,
Anuj Wangoo,
Sukhman Singh,
Damanpreet Kaur Mehar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/23707.9178
Subject(s) - colour vision , optometry , matching (statistics) , blindness , chart , visual acuity , test (biology) , population , normal vision , dentistry , medicine , computer vision , mathematics , artificial intelligence , computer science , ophthalmology , statistics , biology , paleontology , environmental health
The success of a restoration is dependent on accurate shade matching of teeth leading to studies evaluating the factors affecting the perception of shades. Colour vision anomalies including colour blindness have been found to exist in the population and it has been thought to be a potential factor affecting the colour perception ability.