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In vitro evaluation of color and translucency reproduction of maxillofacial prostheses using a computerized system
Seçil Karakoca Nemli1, Merve Bankoğlu Güngör1, Meral Bağkur1
1Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
Purpose:
Accurate color matching of maxillofacial prostheses to skin is important for esthetics. A computerized color matching system specific to human skin has recently been developed. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy in color and translucency matching of the computerized color matching system across different skin colors.
Materials And Methods:
The silicone was colored to simulate 28 different skin colors (n=5) to serve as "target skin colors". Using a spectrocolorometer (e-skin), color codes were determined for "replicate skin color" fabrication. CIELAB Delta-E between target skin color-replicate skin color pairs and translucency parameter were calculated. CIELAB Delta-E values were compared with one-way ANOVA and Tukey multiple-comparison. The agreement between L*, a*, b* and translucency parameter of target skin colors and replicate skin color were calculated by a two-way mixed average measures intraclass correlation coefficient. Translucency parameter of target skin color-replicate skin color pairs were compared with Paired t-test (α=.05).
Results:
The mean CIELAB Delta-E value was 3.83 and significant differences were found among colors. The intraclass correlation coefficient showed excellent reliability for L*, a*, b* and good reliability for translucency parameter (P<.001). The mean translucency parameter of replicate skin colors was significantly higher than that of translucency parameter.
Conclusion:
The computerized color matching system specific to human skin was found to be reliable in terms of color and translucency between target skin colors and replicate skin color.
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