A Technique Using Calibrated Photography and Photoshop for Accurate Shade Analysis and Communication.
This article reviews the critical aspects of controlling the shade-taking environment and discusses various modalities introduced throughout the years to acquire and communicate shade information. Demonstrating a highly calibrated digital photographic technique for capturing shade information, this article shows how to use Photoshop® to standardize images and extract color information from the tooth and shade tab for use by a ceramist for an accurate shade-matching restoration.
Professor, Founder, and Director, UCLA Postgraduate Esthetics; Director, UCLA Center for Esthetic Dentistry; Founder and Director, UCLA Master Dental Ceramist Program, UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, California; Private Practice, Prosthodontics and Esthetic Dentistry, Los Angeles, California.
Edward A
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McLaren
Private Practice, Caracas and Isla de Margarita, Venezuela, and Los Angeles, California.
Johan
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Figueira
Clinical Professor of Oral Rehabilitation, The Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia; Private Practice, Atlanta, Georgia.
Ronald E
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Goldstein
D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D023861:Photography, Dental / Q000379:methods*; D017797:Prosthesis Coloring; D012984:Software