title: Measuring the color of maxillofacial prosthetic material.
abstract: Color information from different color-measuring systems varies during color matching in maxillofacial prosthetics. We studied the hypothesis that a non-contact measuring system and 4 contact color-measuring instruments perform comparably in accuracy and precision on measurements of pigmented maxillofacial elastomer specimens having human skin colors. Measurement comparisons in accuracy on opaque standard color patches were made in Phase I. In Phase II, the system with the best accuracy was used as the reference instrument, and comparisons in accuracy and precision on elastomer specimens were made. The CIEDE2000 color difference formula was used. Repeated-measures ANOVA with Tukey testing and linear regression analysis for CIELAB and color differences among the instruments were performed. The contact measuring systems perform differently in accuracy, possibly due to edge loss and other factors, but performed comparably in precision with the non-contact measuring instrument. This non-contact system is recommended for color measurement of maxillofacial prosthetic materials.
authors.affiliation: Division of Restorative and Prosthetic Dentistry, The Ohio State University College of Dentistry, 305 W. 12th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210, USA. hu.148@osu.edu
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Seghi
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D003116:Color; D003124:Colorimetry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008447:Maxillofacial Prosthesis; D017797:Prosthesis Coloring; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012826:Silicone Elastomers / Q000737:chemistry*; D012880:Skin Pigmentation; D013053:Spectrophotometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D012826:Silicone Elastomers