title: Technique to Match Gingival Shade when Using Pink Ceramics for Anterior Fixed Implant Prostheses.
abstract: Use of pink gingival ceramics can reduce the necessity for extensive surgical procedures attempting to restore missing soft and hard tissues in the maxillary esthetic zone. Selecting the appropriate shade for pink porcelain poses a challenge, especially when the patient presents with a high smile line. This paper describes a simple and effective technique to facilitate shade selection for gingival ceramics to match the patient's existing gingival shade.
authors.affiliation: Division of Postgraduate Prosthodontics, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Panos
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Papaspyridakos
authors.affiliation: Division of Postgraduate Prosthodontics, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amin
authors.affiliation: Division of Postgraduate Prosthodontics, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Khaled
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: El-Rafie
authors.affiliation: Division of Postgraduate Prosthodontics, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Hans-Peter
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Weber
mesh_terms: D003776:Dental Porcelain; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design / Q000379:methods*; D003830:Denture, Partial, Fixed; D005881:Gingiva; D006801:Humans; D017797:Prosthesis Coloring / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D003776:Dental Porcelain
keywords: Pink porcelain; anterior implant prostheses; gingiva-colored ceramics; pink ceramics; shade matching