title: Chromatic appreciation in the clinic and the laboratory.
abstract: Aesthetic requirement in dentistry is getting more and more important every day. One of its basic principles is the correct selection of colour for the restorations. Colour is a quality which is modulated by a series of factors, environmental and individual, that the clinic must know. Colour measurement by the human eye can induce to an appreciation mistake if it doesn't follow a correct protocol of light conditions and observation technique, checked by the authors, simplifying it with a practical focusing. Colour measurement instruments have appeared recently, trying to correct the problems of conventional technique.
authors.affiliation: University of Valencia. Agustin.Pascual@uv.es
authors.forename: Agustín
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pascual Moscardó
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Camps Alemany
mesh_terms: D003764:Dental Materials; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D017797:Prosthesis Coloring; D014093:Tooth, Artificial
chemical_list: D003764:Dental Materials