An Evaluation of Shade Differences Between Natural Anterior Teeth in Different Age Groups and Gender Using Commercially Available Shade Guides

Shade selection with the help of shade guides and color matching the restorations to the natural dentition continues to be one of the most perplexing and frustrating problems in fixed prosthodontics. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the shade differences of the natural anterior teeth in diff...

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Published in:The journal of Indian Prosthodontic Society 2012-12, Vol.12 (4), p.222-230
Main Authors: Rodrigues, Shobha, Shetty, S. Ramanand, Prithviraj, D. R.
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Language:English
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Dentistry
Medicine
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Summary:Shade selection with the help of shade guides and color matching the restorations to the natural dentition continues to be one of the most perplexing and frustrating problems in fixed prosthodontics. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the shade differences of the natural anterior teeth in different age groups and gender, within the cross sectional Bangalore, Karnataka population, using commercially available shade guides. The shade of a cross section of the population comprising of 400 subjects of both the sexes (800 incisors; 400 maxillary central incisors; 400 mandibular central incisors) visiting the outpatient Department of Government Dental College was selected randomly and evaluated visually by a single observer using three commonly used shade guides i.e. Vita Lumin, Chromascop and the Vita 3D Master. The incidence of the most common shades in the different age groups and gender using these shade guides was obtained and this data was subjected to the χ 2 test ( p  
ISSN:0972-4052
1998-4057
DOI:10.1007/s13191-012-0134-9