A Review of Color Science in Dentistry: Shade Matching in the Contemporary Dental Practice

This article is the third in a series of review articles discussing the applications of color science to the clinical practice of dentistry. This installment discusses contemporary techniques for shade selection of teeth, as well as, challenges to successful clinical matching of the tooth shade to dental restorative materials. match. This article will discuss the visual and automatic device techniques available for shade selection. It is recommended that the first two articles in this series be reviewed to better understand the concepts of color theory and colorimetry applied to shade matching.