Study of the most frequent natural tooth colors in the Spanish population using spectrophotometry

PURPOSE. To identify the most frequent natural tooth colors using the Easyshade Compact (Vita -Zahnfabrik) spectrophotometer on a sample of the Spanish population according to the 3D Master System. MATERIALS AND METHODS. The middle third of the facial surface of natural maxillary central incisors wa...

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Published inThe journal of advanced prosthodontics Vol. 7; no. 6; pp. 413 - 422
Main Authors Gomez-Polo, Cristina, Gomez-Polo, Miguel, Martinez Vazquez de Parga, Juan Antonio, Celemin Vinuela, Alicia
Format Journal Article
LanguageKorean
Published 2015
Subjects
Color
Population
Tooth
Gender
Spectrophotometry
Age
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Summary:PURPOSE. To identify the most frequent natural tooth colors using the Easyshade Compact (Vita -Zahnfabrik) spectrophotometer on a sample of the Spanish population according to the 3D Master System. MATERIALS AND METHODS. The middle third of the facial surface of natural maxillary central incisors was measured with an Easyshade Compact spectrophotometer (Vita Zahnfabrik) in 1361 Caucasian Spanish participants aged between 16 and 89 years. Natural tooth color was recorded using the 3D Master System nomenclature. The program used for the present descriptive statistical analysis of the results was SAS 9.1.3. RESULTS. The results show that the most frequent dental color in the total sample studied is 3M1 (7.05%), followed by the intermediate shade 1M1.5 (6.91%) and 2L1.5 (6.02%). CONCLUSION. According to the research methodology used, and taking into account the limitations of this study, it can be proposed that the most frequent color among the Spanish population is 3M1; the most common lightness group is 2; the most frequent hue group according to the 3D Master System is M and the most frequent chroma group is 1.5.
Bibliography:KISTI1.1003/JNL.JAKO201502858603147
ISSN:2005-7806
2005-7814