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Maria Menini¹, Lorenzo Rivolta², Jordi Manauta²

¹Department of Surgical and Diagnostic Sciences (DISC), University of Genoa, 16126 Genova, Italy.

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|September 27, 2024

Summary

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A new colorimeter accurately matched dental composite shades 100% of the time, significantly outperforming human vision (78% accuracy). This instrumental shade matching is more reliable for esthetic dentistry.

Keywords:

color esthetic prothethic dentistry tooth color

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Area of Science:

Dental materials science
Color science in dentistry
Biomedical optics

Background:

Accurate shade selection is crucial for esthetic dentistry, yet no definitive technique exists.
Human visual perception of color can be subjective and inconsistent.
Investigating objective color measurement tools is essential for improving dental shade matching.

Purpose of the Study:

To compare the shade-matching accuracy of a novel colorimeter against human visual assessment.
To identify potential variables influencing human color perception in dental shade matching.

Main Methods:

18 composite disc samples were prepared in identical shades.
70 dental professionals and students performed visual shade matching under standardized lighting (D55).
An error matrix (ΔE₉₄) was generated to quantify matching accuracy and errors.

Main Results:

The colorimeter achieved 100% perfect shade matching.
Human visual matching accuracy was 78%, with more errors in intermediate shades.
Age, sex, and experience did not significantly affect visual matching accuracy.

Conclusions:

Instrumental shade matching using the tested colorimeter is significantly more reliable than human visual assessment.
Further clinical studies are required to validate these findings directly on patients.