title: Shade selection for restorative dentistry.
abstract: There is no absolute single method that will work all of the time for every patient/dentist situation. Computerized systems offer great hope for the future but visual shade selection with the human eye still is the most predictable method available.
authors.affiliation: University of Medicine and New Jersey, USA.
authors.forename: Bruce W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Small
mesh_terms: D003118:Color Perception; D003124:Colorimetry; D017266:Dental Prosthesis; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007754:Laboratories, Dental; D008297:Male; D017797:Prosthesis Coloring; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D014070:Tooth / Q000033:anatomy & histology