Abdola Ebrahimi, Parviz Amini, Reza Amini, Kamyar Abbasi, Sajad Raeisi Estabragh, Nadia Nouri

Abstract

Background and aim: Color Blindness is decreased ability to see or differentiate colors. The disorder can interfere in some educational activities such as dentistry. Due to much difference in the prevalence and lack of study in the region, this study was conducted in dental students of Kerman Medical Sciences. Materials and Methods: In this cross sectional study, 209 male and 242 female students of kerman dental school in the academic year of 2017- 2018 were examined by Ishihara test. Data collection was conducted through questionnaires and test color. Data analysis had been done with Chi square, ANOVA and independent T-test methods. Results: In this study from 451 students, 120 (26.6%) students were color-blind that 65 of them (14.4%) were males and 55 (12.2%) were females. Among 120 cases of blindness, 50 cases were green, 33 cases were red-green and 37 cases had color disorder. Conclusion: The findings showed that the rate of blindness was higher in the study population than other regions and prevalence of the disorder in men was higher than women.