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| Re: How Lucrative Is OPTOMETRY by Dbrainiac1(m): 7:28am On Jul 18, 2017 |
Onikkalaw:You'll have to offer the MBBS programme before proceeding to post graduate residency training in Ophthalmology. Simply put, training in Ophthalmology requires an MBBS degree. 1 Like |
| Re: How Lucrative Is OPTOMETRY by zippopo(f): 5:46pm On Jul 19, 2017 |
Every body just dey give his or her course relevance, it's how relevant you are that makes your course relevant, dentistry and optometry has its good and bad sides, but I think optometrists has a little disadvantage because of ophthalmologists. And dentistry..........people don't really treat teeth or dental problems in Nigeria.... But if I were to advice you to choose, I will say go for dentistry.... Optometry is OK, buh ophthalmologists already taking their space... And they are like technicians to the ophthalmologist... But dentist are their own boss... If it's in terms of lucrativeness, in private sector... I give to optometrist buh if it's the government sector.... I give it to the dentist... So it's left for you to decide which you prefer 1 Like |
| Re: How Lucrative Is OPTOMETRY by Nobody: 9:41pm On Jul 19, 2017 |
zippopo:Who told u it's just teeth that a dentist treats? Even in d private sector in Nigeria, i must tell u dentistry is more lucrative than optometry. Trtment of oral & dental diseases is very expensive, and so, patients tend to go to govt hospital. If u go to d rural areas in Africa (Nigeria isn't an exception), oral tumor called ameloblastoma, jaw & oral cancers, cleft lip & palate, facial accidents due to tribal war, theft and RTA abound, and it's a dentist that treats them, particularly branches of dentistry called oral & maxillofacial surgery, oral medicine as well as oral pathology. There is an American dentist (Dr Gary Parker) doing free facial surgeries on Mercyships in Africa. He's d chief medical officer of that mercyships' hospital. Google it. 1 Like |
| Re: How Lucrative Is OPTOMETRY by Nobody: 10:13pm On Jul 19, 2017 |
zippopo:Go to d North of this country, cancrum oris (noma) is a flesh eating disease that eats away oral & facial flesh, thereby exposing d bony parts of d face & mouth, and it's a multidisciplinary team made up of a maxillofacial surgeon (a dentist) & a plastic surgeon (a medical dr) that treats it. That's why there's a NOMA hospital in Sokoto for d disease. Even in Rivers State, Amaechi built a specialist dental & maxillofacial hospital, purely for oral & dental diseases. So, it's not only teeth that a dentist caters for. Even sb talked of Dr Seidu Bello who has a foundation thro. which he treats oral, dental & facial diseases free of charge, and u see patients trooping out in droves. Is he not a dentist? Every course is good, but u have to gather facts abt dentistry 1st, b4 talking. Even last yr, in Imo State, Dr Chikwendu Ejike (a dentist) operated on a patient with huge oral tumor, moving in to obstruct breathing. Google it, pls. 1 Like |
| Re: How Lucrative Is OPTOMETRY by Nobody: 5:36am On Jul 20, 2017 |
zippopo:See d link to Dr Gary Parker (a dentist) who is the consultant maxillofacial surgeon & chief medical officer of African Mercy Ships hospital founded by Don Stephen. If dental diseases are rare in Africa and by extension, Nigeria, where are all these ones coming from? So, it's a fallacy that people in Naija don't see a dentist often in private practice. U'll be surprised to see a deluge of oral & dental diseases that will besiege this ship when it finally comes to Nigeria. See d links: http://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/people/dr-gary-parker.aspx http://www.drbicuspid.com/index.aspx?sec=ser&sub=def&pag=dis&itemID=312212 http://danaperino.com/africa/set-sail-meet-dr-gary-parker/ https://mobile.facebook.com/MercyShips/posts/10152301087054900?_rdc=1&_rdr |
| Re: How Lucrative Is OPTOMETRY by owenman(m): 12:19am On Oct 15, 2017 |
Public health is better than optometry or dentistry |
| Re: How Lucrative Is OPTOMETRY by Dbrainiac1(m): 12:34am On Oct 15, 2017 |
owenman:My friend shut up.
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| Re: How Lucrative Is OPTOMETRY by originbm: 1:14pm On Nov 22, 2017 |
mendelian: sorry I am seeingn this now. You wish. Dentistry cannot be compared with optometry in Nigeria in terms of lucrativenes. How many successful dental clinics are in Nigeria. Start from Benin. How many dental clinics are successful there. Dont ever compare both. The earning power of the optometrist in private surpasses what a dentist can earn in both public and private together.Go and adk sbout the Lagos sees outreach held in Ikotun ldc last week. We saw over 2000 patients. We had to stop clocking in px due to fatigue. I hv gone on mission outreach together with dentists. no patient load. They end up helping medical doctors in their own screening. Again many optometrists earn more than ophthalmologists with bigger eye centres, so dont ever compare both. Dentistry makes money mainly through proceedures. Optometry make both through proceedure and commodity. Som surfacing labs make millions in 1 week. Some average clinics in Lagos are angry if they make 3 million in a month. A standard glaucoma work up using only tonometry and vf can cost 20k, oct cost 50k.these tests take an average of 5 mins in all. Some days everyone who works through ur clinic is a glaucoma suspect. Multiply that number by 10pxs and see. U know hw much fundus photography which is a routine proceedure costs? Refraction alone beats anything dentistry has to offer. Dont compare dentistry and optometry. A tradomedical practitioner can give a remedy to tooth ache, tell me the remedy for myopia or hyperopia or strabismic diplopia. ...Even an optical lab will make much more money than a dental clinic. Do u know hw much lens importation makes...Do you know the profit margin of each prescription you make. ..The money in eye care is in refraction not surgery. That is why an optometrist can be richer and h ave a larger clinic than an ophthalmologist. And again maybe u dont know that most persons above 40 must need a lens for reading at least. Both are not comparable. 1 Like |
| Re: How Lucrative Is OPTOMETRY by originbm: 1:23pm On Nov 22, 2017 |
Mandeyy: Of course he did. You guys do those. North have even far more sight problems than tooth or oral. The north is a veritable clinical garden but also a poor region, so making money there is a no-go. most works done there are done pro bono. You guys are the ones to gather facts about optometry b4 speaking. Last yr october (Vosh- Volunteer Optometric Help to Humanity) took optometrists, even optometry students from Nigeria through 7 African countries providing ocular treatment to host communities. The programme continues. To each his own. You learn more about optometry b4 commenting. |
| Re: How Lucrative Is OPTOMETRY by originbm: 1:32pm On Nov 22, 2017 |
zippopo: You are rational. And u said it well. But let me just add that the dominance of ophthalmology is only in the public sector and has not prevented some optometrists from outperforming then in the private sector. Amd then, the only svoring point of ophthlmology which is surgery tepresents less than 10% of curative and 0.005% of diagnostic proceedure in ocular health care. So what surgery is in dental care may not be what it is in eye care.For instance the eye is d only site in which you can view blood vessels and internal structures without any need for invasive proceedure as is obtainable in laparascopy, thnks to the invention of the ophthalmoscope and slit lamp biomicroscope. So there is enuff clinical proceedures to keep u extremely busy without surgery. You go into eye care and you see proceedures till u weak. All the same, tnks 4 ur input. |
| Re: How Lucrative Is OPTOMETRY by originbm: 1:44pm On Nov 22, 2017 |
Mandeyy: Oga you are dreaming...dentistry is not as lucrative as opticianry not to mention optometry. Your general practitioners are hungry. If you cant get a residency, you are sunk in dentistry. I know dentists, so dont spill thrash. How does dentistry make money in private practice. ..unlike optometry or opthalmology or pharmacy, ur practice is not commodity based to any extent. You are shouting oral chancre as if u perform it everyday. Your consultant's pay is not equatable to that of the ceo of an eye clinic. Are you now saying that dentists are richer than ophthalmologists, since some optometrists are richer than ophthalmologists? Oga what are u even arguing...Do u know what an eye clinic is? How many non-surgical proceedures does dentistry have...Oga pack well. Cutting is not equal to money. A young optometric doctor can make 170k in a week from outreach...oga are u guys even normal comparing optometry with dentistry in earning power? na wao. Go to Thelish in Abuja, then come and speak again. Many optometrists have clinics worth hundreds of millions, and u r yapping here. Go and check out both profesdions before seaking. |
| Re: How Lucrative Is OPTOMETRY by Nobody: 7:39pm On Feb 21, 2018 |
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| Re: How Lucrative Is OPTOMETRY by Nobody: 8:23am On Feb 22, 2018 |
originbm: Hello Bro, how you doing today? Just by Going through posts, I can see you have a vast knowledge on the subject topic as a student, and perhaps by now, you could be already inducted into the optometrists and dispensing optician regulation Board of Nigeria. Well, there's a vital detail that caught my attention in your post - it appears you have conducted a comprehensive survey on private eye clinics in Benin City, and if by extension, Edo State as a whole. So this brings me to how I think you can help me out of a little dilemma I am in, right now. I am trying to help a final year optometry student who was asked to get a cross-sectional survey of optometric practices in Edo State. As a result, the person in question needs to get a detailed list of the number of registered private eye clinics in Edo State. This has proved difficult, because the list I have been able to extract from ODORBN and other online sources do not exceed 23. And the said supervisor wants a detailed list totaling about 200. Can you give any credible advise on how to get the said list? Thank You |
| Re: How Lucrative Is OPTOMETRY by originbm: 11:15am On Feb 25, 2018 |
dame134: No problem at all. Just inbox let's chat. |
| Re: How Lucrative Is OPTOMETRY by Nobody: 8:27am On Feb 26, 2018 |
originbm: |
| Re: How Lucrative Is OPTOMETRY by Nobody: 12:20pm On Feb 26, 2018 |
originbm: Thanks bro. However, I sent you a PM already, but I guess your yet to open the message in your mail box. |
| Re: How Lucrative Is OPTOMETRY by originbm: 6:46pm On Feb 26, 2018 |
dame134: Can u inbox me in Originbm2016@gmail.com. My inbox here is giving me a hard time trying to assess it. |
| Re: How Lucrative Is OPTOMETRY by Nobody: 8:44pm On Feb 26, 2018 |
[quote author=originbm post=65393493] Can u inbox me in Originbm2016@gmail.com. My inbox here is giving me a hard time trying to assess it. [/quote Sure boss. I will do just that.] 1 Like |
| Re: How Lucrative Is OPTOMETRY by Nobody: 4:33pm On Feb 27, 2018 |
[quote author=originbm post=65393493] Can u inbox me in Originbm2016@gmail.com. My inbox here is giving me a hard time trying to assess it. [/quote I sent you a mail already, bro.] |
| Re: How Lucrative Is OPTOMETRY by originbm: 9:56pm On Feb 27, 2018 |
[quote author=dame134 post=65418642][/quote] I hv replied. U can check it. Cheers |
| Re: How Lucrative Is OPTOMETRY by Nobody: 10:41pm On Feb 27, 2018 |
originbm: Thanks Broda. I appreciate. |
| Re: How Lucrative Is OPTOMETRY by ideaproducer: 5:20am On Mar 24, 2018 |
pls what i my chances of transfer from anatomy to optometry. am in 100l uniben |
| Re: How Lucrative Is OPTOMETRY by Gsentme245: 2:09pm On Jun 24, 2019 |
[quote author=dame134 post=65262254][/quote]hello I'm new here I just want to ask how lucrative optometry is and how's d pay, it'll be cool if I am replied by an optometrist |
| Re: How Lucrative Is OPTOMETRY by Rocket360: 4:14pm On Apr 01, 2020 |
[ Please bro,I am going for optometry at ABSU but so many people are discouraging me,that it's not a good course. Please bro I would need your WhatsApp number quote author=originbm post=41796428] People that put in for dentistry only want to get near to medicine and change later.They go through dentistry as a short cut so whats ur point....Many people who wanted medicine were given optometry....who is denying that....I told u before-but u probably have amnedia-that optometry starts from 400 level....so a 300 level student of optometry is not yet technically an optometry student...he doesnt even know majority of the lecturers...they are still at the level of pathology and pharmacology ...they dont even know what optometry entails...the dept is structured like that...so it is understandable that if the motivation is not there they leave...200 level is heavily optics oriented....not everyone has the aptitude for that....so it is understandable...but from 400 level they start clinicals and posting and then discover that optometry is not what they thought...they go on posting and see that its incomparable with dentistry in financial remuneration...the only exception are those that have elder siblings in the clinical classes.... This whole issue stems from your ignorance and bad comprehension. Medical School does not follow School Calendar, so other students on holiday does not affect our program. So during The solo practice and the other one, the session is still on? Do they receive classes? My brother always went by past 9 and came back before 4pm! I used to think scientists were capable of logical analysis...u seem to be an exception When you are stuck u start distracting from the points by making irrelevant analogies... Are u sure u r even a dental student or are u just daft? So clinical training in a hospital with instructions,reports ,vivres and sometimes written tests is not a continuation of the academic session...What is classes?What is the difference between a didactic and a clinical training? Of course for an optometry student,the session is still on.Its even tougher.Go and find out how ophthalmology residency is run.Stop asking me childish questions. Govt hospitals close by 4pm,privates close by 5 or 6.If your brother comes home before 4p.m,ask him the beer palour he went to... Is it a holiday? Yes or No? besides who spends only 2 weeks at home? You must be drunk...has any first semester break been more than 2 weeks... Y should we not go on break...u spend 1 yr doing anatomy and physiology and biochem....we spend 6 months covering the same thing with the exception of some parts of anatomy....plus optics,psychology,ocular anatomy, biostatistics,computers and calculus(for 200 level)...and u begrudge them 2 weeks..which most optometry students even spend in school trying to cover ....Optometry gives lectures and materials even a day before exam...Everyobe in uniben knows that optometry starts exams first and finish last...sometimes exams take more than a week out of the 2 weeks holidays... Go to health care centre tomorrow,pick up their register and check the department with the highest number of breakdowns....its optometry.... Really? Are they treating Lizards and rats? because students forms the bulk of the patients, and they are on holiday  Maybe your brother is one of those that arrange student patients because he is afraid of seeing a walk-in patient.Of course u wouldnt know that even the Vice Chancellor of uniben visits the clinic....no to talk of staff and their dependents and geriatric and paediatric cases from outside and referrals from the health centre for staff....ask ur brother how many times he has run away from paediatric cases.... And then u dont know that there is a second uniben optometry clinic at ekehuan withe 90% patronage from outside...but how would you know? And in case you dont know,the dept which gives uniben the highest revenue is optometry...5-7 million naira every quarter....no other dept can try that...the next is Agric and engineering....forget abt dentistry wen we are talking lucrativeness.... One last joinder:If u hv the time lets physically survey and compare dental and optometry clinics in Benin as a case study...all expenses is on me...i hv amazed people before with the result we got....its your turn... Please quote each reply and answer, it makes it easier to read, because your typos are not helping matters. This is how to do it - pick out each of my replies and add [/quote] |
| Re: How Lucrative Is OPTOMETRY by ThatPetiteChic: 10:44am On Jun 17, 2020 |
Luchiana1: Hello Pls how did you go about the OAT exam? |
| Re: How Lucrative Is OPTOMETRY by Luchiana1(f): 5:41am On Jun 18, 2020 |
ThatPetiteChic:Nope I cldnt travel to write it so I actually study in a private university here in nigeria |
| Re: How Lucrative Is OPTOMETRY by ThatPetiteChic: 8:31am On Jun 18, 2020 |
Luchiana1: Ok. Thank you for your reply and I wish you the best. |
| Re: How Lucrative Is OPTOMETRY by nurain150(m): 2:49pm On Nov 08, 2021 |
originbm:Now you are inducted, do you prescribe, ddo you pursue out opthalmologist go surgery alone. How's the general oppurtunity. |
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