This document summarizes a presentation on color science and optics given by several professors and doctors. It covers topics like the description of color, Munsell and CIELAB color systems, shade matching, human vision, metamerism, fluorescence, opalescence, shade selection systems, guidelines for shade matching, instrumental color analysis, basic shades, and the Cercon ceram kiss shade. The science behind colour has to be studied in depth to have an understanding of the modern developments in gadgetry related to shade selection.
This review is an at. Technology-based systems provide with an advantage of natural looking restorations. They include RGB devices, colorimeters, spectrophotometers.
The impact of the color science can be seen on various restorative materials ranging from ceramics to maxillofacial prosthetic materials. Colour is an important factor that dictates the success of clinical practice in Prosthodontics. The science behind colour has to be studied in depth to have an understanding of the modern.
To effectively overcome the challenges associated with accurate shade selection in aesthetic restorative dentistry, it is essential for dentists to understand both the science and art of color. This is difficult, because color and its perception have both subjective and objective elements. Furthering the dilemma is the inability of the human eye to perceive color.
Color science and education is still expanding, perhaps at a greater rate than ever before. This is due to the availability of technology, new materials, and techniques in computerized design and machining. The cost of technology is decreasing, making it possible for practi-tioners to utilize these advances to minimize expensive remakes, patient disappointment, and lost time.
Therefore, a. Fixed Prosthodontics - Color and shade selection This presentation begins with a discussion of the science of color including the importance of hue, chroma and value. The color of human teeth is described in terms of hue, chroma and value.
Dentists should receive a foundational education in color science. It is recommended that dentists, dental assistants and dental students take some of the color vision tests. Variability of the elements that can affect the shade.
This first chapter presents the basic principles of color science and their application to dentistry. It includes color coordinates, color differences, whiteness indexes, and the most relevant optical properties such as transmittance, absorption, scattering. Most prostheses fail esthetically owing to improper shade selection.
A good understanding of color shade guides is essential for precise shade matching, but the paucity of dental practitioners' knowledge of color science because of the numerous available shade guides creates a challenge.