Digital colour matching in restorative dentistry

Shade matching in restorative dentistry: the science and strategies.

Closely matching natural teeth with an artificial restoration can be one of the most challenging procedures in restorative dentistry. Natural teeth vary greatly in color and shape. They reveal ample information about patients' background and personality. Dentistry provides the opportunity to restore unique patient characteristics or replace them with alternatives. Whether one tooth or many are ...

Guidelines in Restorative Dentistry

Study Protocol in Restorative Dentistry

Research has often been considered an enigma by most of us a privilege of the exclusives of the profession. But research simply means 're-search' the existing facts either to solve a problem or improve an existing system all along the process adding more new facts to the profession. Being an action packed speciality, most of us aspire to be a clinician rather than an academician or a scientist.

Colour Assessment in Dentistry

The colour of teeth is of considerable importance to the general population and the social and psychological impact of tooth discolouration is becoming increasingly less tolerated. A plethora of tooth-whitening systems (both for professional use and for use in the home) are now available and methods to assess the efficacy of such systems are required. In this paper an imaging system is describe...

Guideline on Pediatric Restorative Dentistry

Purpose The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) presents this guideline to assist the practitioner in the restorative care of infants, children, adolescents, and persons with special health care needs. The objectives of restorative treatment are to repair or limit the damage from caries, protect and preserve the tooth structure, reestablish adequate function, restore esthetics (where...