Journal article
Human perception of dental porcelain translucency correlated to spectrophotometric measurements
Journal of prosthodontics, Vol.19(3), pp.187-193
04/2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-849X.2009.00542.x
PMID: 20040028
Abstract
This study evaluated the relationship between instrumental measurements and subjective visual assessment of differences in dental porcelain translucency.
Unshaded feldspathic porcelain was used with controlled amounts of tin oxide to create two groups of 12-mm diameter disks with incremental changes in opacity. Contrast ratio (CR = Yb/Yw) was determined with a spectrophotometer, and used as a measure of porcelain translucency (Group A = 0.20 to 0.40; Group B = 0.6-0.8). Within each group, there were 14 specimens with 11 CRs. Three observer groups (first year dental students, residents, faculty with >10 years of shade matching experience) were recruited to assess the translucency between porcelain disks under two lighting conditions (reflected light, transmitted light). Each subject's ability to distinguish between specimens of differing translucency was determined. Descriptive statistics and three-way ANOVA followed by a post-hoc Tukey-Kramer test were used to evaluate the translucency perception threshold (TPT) of subjects (alpha= 0.05).
The overall mean TPT (DeltaC) was 0.07, while 50% of the subjects could perceive a 0.06 CR difference between porcelain specimens. Three-way ANOVA revealed a significant difference in translucency perception among the observer groups (p < 0.0001), whereas the main effects for porcelain opacity (p= 0.3038) and lighting condition (p= 0.0645) were not significant, and no significant interactions were found. Post-hoc Tukey-Kramer test indicated that the mean TPT observed in the faculty group (DeltaC = 0.04) was significantly lower than those observed in student (DeltaC = 0.09) and resident groups (DeltaC = 0.08), while there was no significant difference between students and residents.
The overall mean TPT of all subjects was 0.07, and 50% of the study population perceived a 0.06 CR difference in translucency. Increased shade matching experience (> or =10 years) significantly improved the ability to perceive differences in translucency; however, neither the viewing condition nor porcelain opacity affected the perceived translucency threshold.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Human perception of dental porcelain translucency correlated to spectrophotometric measurements
- Creators
- Min-Chieh Liu - Department of Dentistry, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Shihlin District, Taipei, Taiwan. prostholiu@hotmail.comSteven A AquilinoPeter S LundMarcos A VargasAna M Diaz-ArnoldDavid G GrattonFang Qian
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of prosthodontics, Vol.19(3), pp.187-193
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1532-849X.2009.00542.x
- PMID
- 20040028
- ISSN
- 1059-941X
- eISSN
- 1532-849X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/2010
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry; Prosthodontics; Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; Family Dentistry; Dental Research; Hospital Dentistry
- Record Identifier
- 9984065994402771
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