Colour and translucency of opaque-shades and body-shades of resin composites.

Ikeda T, Sidhu SK, Omata Y, Fujita M, Sano H. Colour and translucency of opaque-shades and body-shades of resin composites. Eur J Oral Sci 2005; 113: 170–173.© Eur J Oral Sci, 2005The purpose of this study was to evaluate the optical properties– not only the translucency but also the colours– of opaque-shade resin composites. The CIELAB parameters (L*, a* and b*) of disks of A2 and opaque A2 (OA2) shades of Charisma (Heraeus-Kulzer), Solare (GC) and Filtek Supreme (3M) were evaluated on backings of black, white and the material itself to calculate the translucency parameter (TP) and the colour differences (ΔE*) between A2 and OA2. A two-way analysis of variance (anova) for the TP indicated a less statistically significant TP value in the OA2 shade than the A2 shade for all products. As for the products, Charisma showed a statistically greater TP value than the other two products. Regarding theΔE* between A2 and OA2, all the products revealed clinically perceptible colour differences (ΔE* > 3.3). Hence, we must take the colour differences of opaque-shade resin composites into consideration, as well as the translucency of the materials, for a clinically acceptable colour match of the restoration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]