Clinical trial NCT06791694: Comparison of Color Measurements of Postgraduate Dental Students Using Different Color Determination Methods
Official title: Comparison of Color Measurements of Postgraduate Dental Students in the Maxillary Anterior Region Using Different Color Determination Methods
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Conditions: Tooth Discoloration
Keywords: color
tooth
button
Lead sponsor: Hacettepe University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-01-24
Enrollment: 32
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 40
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Being healthy individuals, not having any systemic diseases, being young individuals (18-40 age range)

Brief summary: This study evaluates the accuracy of tooth color identification skills in the anterior region using a new technique, the button technique, in comparison with other methods.

Detailed description: The human eye is effective in detecting subtle differences in tooth color. However, variations in the shade, translucency, opacity, and characterization of a tooth may not be accurately identified. Visual color matching is subject to physiological variables that may lead to inconsistencies, such as age, gender, experience, the type of scale used, varying degrees of light exposure, eye fatigue, and color vision deficiency.

Studies comparing visual and instrumental methods have demonstrated that spectrophotometers yield better results compared to visual color scales. Therefore, it is expected that color measurement devices improve the accuracy of tooth color determination, thereby enhancing the interpretation and aesthetic execution of restorations.

In recent years, the button technique has been described for shade selection in direct aesthetic restorations in the anterior region. In this technique, small composite samples in the form of dots are polymerized on the tooth surface using a curing light. Digital photographs are then taken, and appropriate enamel and dentin shades are selected on a computer using polarized and black-and-white images.

Very few clinical studies have investigated the use of digital color images obtained through intraoral digital scanners for shade selection, comparing them with other existing methods.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of shade determination skills in the anterior region by comparing a new technique, the button technique, with other methods and to recommend the most suitable method for shade selection

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Being healthy individuals,
* Not having any systemic diseases,
* Being young individuals (18-40 age range)
* Vital, decay-free and healthy upper central teeth,
* Absence of caries-free hard tissue abrasions, any restoration, fracture, crack, intrinsic or extrinsic discoloration in the upper central teeth
* Lack of removable prosthesis feet for central teeth

Exclusion Criteria:

* Tetracycline, fluorosis staining of upper central teeth
* Patients with dentin exposure or loss of bine in the upper central teeth for any reason
* Pregnant and lactating patients will not be included.

Primary outcomes:
measure: To have compared the inter-observer reliability of 4 different methods used in tooth color selection
timeFrame: 1 month
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Locations:
city: Altındağ
country: Turkey
facility: Hacettepe University
state: Ankara
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