The use of computer-aided colorimeter in porcelain-fused-to-metal (PFM) crowns among patients with special colored teeth
Fu, Y.-f.; Weng, W.-m.
Shanghai Kou Qiang Yi Xue 13(1): 76-77
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 1006-7248 PMID: 15007490 Document Number: 569984
To evaluate the roll of ShadeEye-NCC, a computer-aided colorimeter, in Porcelain-Fused-to-Metal crowns among patients with special colored Teeth. The first step was to choose the proper patients. The next was to use the colorimeter to measure the base shade of tooth and fabricate the PFM crowns according to the recipe given by the colorimeter. At last, the effects of the PFM crowns were evaluated subjectively by patients and doctor. The satisfaction rates of patients and doctor were 83.7% and 81.4% respectively, there was no significant difference between the two rates. The computer-aided colorimeter can offer good base shade recipe for fabricating PFM crowns of patients with special colored teeth.