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Ji-Hun Youm1,2, Il Jun Jeong1, Jae-Sung Kwon1,2
1Department and Research Institute of Dental Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Yonsei University College of Dentistry.
Abstract:
This study aimed to propose the measurement methods for resin composite translucency using four shades of resin composite and four spectrophotometers. Four methods were used for measuring translucency: (A) color measurement using reflectance mode, (B) visible light spectrum measurement using reflectance mode, (C) color measurement using transmittance mode, (D) visible light spectrum measurement using transmittance mode. Although there was a significant difference among the results of the translucency measuring methods, the same tendency was observed for translucency parameters obtained using each spectrophotometer. Therefore, the four methods can potentially be used as translucency measuring methods for resin composite.
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