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ArticlePakistan journal of medical sciences2024

Assessing the shade matching accuracy among dental students through visual and instrumental methods.

Muhammad Adeel Ahmed

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Article in Pakistan journal of medical sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Muhammad Adeel AhmedMuhammad Adeel Ahmed Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Faisal University, Al Ahsa, P.O. Box 31982, Saudi Arabia.

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Objectives: To evaluate the shade selection accuracy of male dental students according to the three dimensions of color: value, hue, and chroma, using visual and instrumental shade selection methods under different lighting conditions. Methods: This comparative cross-sectional study was instigated amongst 70 male 4 Results: The mean of the value of instrumental shade selection of tooth # 46 was slightly higher among 4 Conclusion: The selection of posterior teeth shades was notably influenced by academic years, employing both instrumental and visual methods, while considering color parameters.

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