Pigments and their application in maxillofacial elastomers: a literature review.
OBJECTIVE
This literature review provides information about pigments used for facial and somatoprostheses.


METHODS
This information includes common pigment and index names and numbers, lightfastness categories, chemical type and class, and the chemical formulas of the common pigments used in maxillofacial prosthetics.


CONCLUSIONS
It can be deduced from this review that the pigments used with silicone elastomers do exhibit a color change, and that a color change is to be expected.
Department of Prosthodontics, University of Tennessee at Memphis, Tenn., USA.
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D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D008447:Maxillofacial Prosthesis; D010860:Pigments, Biological / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification / Q000528:radiation effects; D017797:Prosthesis Coloring; D012826:Silicone Elastomers / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects; D013472:Sunlight
D010860:Pigments, Biological; D012826:Silicone Elastomers