Hey guys,
I was just curious whether a slight lazy eye would prevent me from doing well or becoming a Dentist. I have a slight lazy eye in my right eye. Everything is normal when I walk, talk or whatever, but if I turn my head quickly to the left, my right eye follows in the opposite direction. I've learned to close my eye when I do this in order to not scare off the ladies.
But in all seriousness, it also happens when i look at things really closely. If I'm working on something 2-3 inches away from my eyes, I tend to get cross eyed and will have to work with one eye open. If its 4+ inches away, I can do just fine. In dentistry, does one work really work "so close" to one's mouth? I don't recall any dentist of mine/shadowing ever working inches away from a person's mouth. But they do wear those magnifying goggles that would enhance their vision 10x.... Does that effect technically mean they work within 2-3 inches? Ah I'm worried now. I remember back in lab whenever we would look at specimens, I would always go crosseyed in the microscope...
What a bad time to realize this when I'm starting Dental School in less then a month....
I was just curious whether a slight lazy eye would prevent me from doing well or becoming a Dentist. I have a slight lazy eye in my right eye. Everything is normal when I walk, talk or whatever, but if I turn my head quickly to the left, my right eye follows in the opposite direction. I've learned to close my eye when I do this in order to not scare off the ladies.
But in all seriousness, it also happens when i look at things really closely. If I'm working on something 2-3 inches away from my eyes, I tend to get cross eyed and will have to work with one eye open. If its 4+ inches away, I can do just fine. In dentistry, does one work really work "so close" to one's mouth? I don't recall any dentist of mine/shadowing ever working inches away from a person's mouth. But they do wear those magnifying goggles that would enhance their vision 10x.... Does that effect technically mean they work within 2-3 inches? Ah I'm worried now. I remember back in lab whenever we would look at specimens, I would always go crosseyed in the microscope...
What a bad time to realize this when I'm starting Dental School in less then a month....
