Obtener el color adecuado

By far the most difficult thing to do in dentistry is to try to match a restored tooth to a natural tooth.

The main thing is that matching the color of a crown or veneer, next to a natural tooth, is almost impossible to do.

Here’s what happens. Light bounces off different materials differently. The way the light bounces off the material affects the color of the object.

For example, if you have a bucket of paint and paint a wall then take that same bucket of paint and paint a chair, those 2 objects will have a different shade of color even though they were painted with the exact same color paint.

Another factor that affects the color is the kind of light that the color is seen under.

Natural light is by far the best light to get the most exact color. But most dental offices don’t have natural light throughout the office.

In those cases, you have to find a way to calibrate your color matching systems to get the most exact color.

Most times getting the exact, right color is really important, like in the front teeth. It may take a couple of appointments to tweak the color, to get it just right.

Recently, we had to match two implant crowns along side their natural teeth. We take several steps to color match the shade of the patient's teeth, so that we can get the best results.

What you will see here is that we use a color guide to help the camera adjust to the light in the room. This helps the lab see how the tooth looks when compared to natural teeth next to it.

And then we use a tooth shade guide to get precise coloring shade of the tooth itself.

All of these things are done to give the patient the best results, when doing cosmetic dentistry.

If you are ready to change your smile, visit us at mydente.com or call 773-292-1911 to schedule your Smile Consultation.

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Emilio “Not Color Blind” Couret

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