COMPARISON OF SHADE SELECTION BY
SMARTPHONE CAMERA AND DSLR CAMERA USING
VITA 3D MASTER SHADE GUIDE- AN INVITRO STUDY
A Dissertation submitted
in partial fulfil lment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF DENTAL SURGERY
BRANCH –I
PROSTHODONTICS
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ADHIPARASAKTHI DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL
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This is to certi f y t hat Dr. VI DHU ANTONY, P ost Graduat e student (2016 -2019) from the Depart ment of Prost hodont ics,
Adhi paras akt hi Dent al C oll ege and Hospi tal, M elm aruvathur – 603319,
has done this dissertation titled “COMPARISON OF SHADE SELECTION BY SMARTPHONE CAMERA AND DSLR CAMERA USING VITA 3D MASTER SHADE GUIDE- AN INVITRO STUDY” under our direct guidance and s upervision i n part ial fulfi l lment of the regul ations l aid
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600032 for M DS., (Branch - I) Departm ent of Prosthodont i cs Degree
Examination.
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Dr. K. PRABH U, MDS Dr.N.VE NKATES AN, MDS
Reader Professor and Head
Departm ent of P rost hodonti cs
Principal
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I t hank AL MI GHT Y GO D for all his bles sings and for being with me throughout and leadi ng me t o prepare and com plet e this
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COMPARISON OF SHADE SELECTION
BY SMARTPHONE CAMERA AND DSLR
CAMERA USING VITA 3D MASTER
SHADE GUIDE- AN INVITRO STUDY
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ABSTRACT
BACKGRO UND
The succes s of anterior re storation prim aril y depends on proper shade
sel ection when compared to the nat ural dentiti on. P recis e shade
det ermination is dependent on cli nical skill, shade gui de s ystem and
li ghting condit ions . With technologi cal i mprovement in com muni cat ion
net works , int ernet and el ectroni c gadgets among the cont emporar y
soci et y, a subsequent trans lati on has been developed in the fi el d of
dentist r y too. Since a decade DS LR cam eras have been used in
dentist r y and has proven to be at par with various other ins trum ent al
methods for shade selection. However t here have been rapid increas e of
smartphone cam eras for s hade mat chi ng and eas e of com muni cat ion
with the dent al laborator y. Li ttl e is known about the quali t y of the
image t aken using s martphone camera.
AI M
The purpos e of the stud y is to compare the L, a and b values of DS LR
Cam era and sm artphone camera wit h that of the vit a 3D M as ter s hade
guide and also t o eval uat e the effectivenes s of smartphone camera to
that of the DS LR C amera.
METHO D
A comm ercial shade g ui de (3D m ast er vi ta shade guide, germ an y) was
empl o yed in this stud y. The images of t he indivi dual s hade tabs were
captured using S ams ung S 9 pl us smart phone cam era and DS LR canon
A total of 104 image was taken i.e, 2 photos for each of the 26 shade
tabs were taken bot h in smartphone camera and DS LR camera. Best
Im age was s el ected depending on the cl arit y and s harpness. Thes e
images were taken on a bri ght da yli ght (t emperat ure 4000 -5000k).
There was a fixed dist ance of 17cm between t he shade t a b and the
camera and the s hade t ab was pl aced in front of a gre y card.
The L,a,b val ues of the raw images of s martphone were obt ained using
col or l ab and that of DS LR cam era was obtai ned usi ng adobe
photoshop. The delt a E Values of sm artphone and DS LR in compari son
with t hat of the m anufacturers shade t ab val ues were not ed us ing col or
lab C IE2000 software.
RESULTS
Wilcoxon si gned rank test is perform ed between DS LR and S martphone
photographs and a st atisti cal l y si gnificant difference are fo und between
the am ount of devi at ion of L,a and b val ues in DS LR and S martphone photographs.
CONCLUS ION
Within t he limit ati on of t his stud y 73% accurac y i s obt ained for DS LR
shade t abs whereas onl y 50% accurac y is obtai ned for sm art phones
images .
KE YWO RDS
Shade s el ection, DS LR Cam era, sm artphone cam era, vit a 3D M ast er
CONTENTS
S.NO TITLE PAGE NO
1. INTRODUCTION 1
2. AIM AND OBJECTIVES 5
3. GENERAL REVIEW 6
4. REVIEW OF LITERATURE 8
5. MATERIALS AND METHOD 22
6. RESULTS 30
7. DISCUSSION 40
8. SUMMARY 49
9. CONCLUSION 50
10. REFERENCES 51
LIST OF CHARTS
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1 Mean ranks of SP˄E - DSLR˄E 37
2 Mean of SP˄E and DSLR˄E 38
3 The change percentage of DS LR and Smartphone
photographs for vari ables L, a and b from the
manufacturing values
LIST OF TABLES
S.NO TABLE PAGE -NO
1.
L, a, b and delt a E Values of DS LR and
smartphone i mages
30-31
2. Descript ive st ati sti cs of DS LR camera 32
3. Descript ive st ati sti cs of sm artphone cam era 32
4.
The change percent age of DS LR and Sm art phone
photographs for variabl es L, a and b from the
manufacturing values .
33-34
5.
Mean and st anda rd deviation for DS LR and
smartphone cam era
35
6.
Mean ranks of Smartphone delt a E and DS LR
delt a E
35
LIST O F FIGURES
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1 Color Lab space 02
2 Arm am ent arium 22
3
Set up of DS LR C am era whi le capt uring t he image
of shade t ab .
24
4
Set up of sm art phone cam era whil e capt uring t he
image of shade tab
25
5 L a b value for DS LR image in Adobe Photoshop 28
6 Smartphone im age pl aced in Color Lab 29
7
L a b values of sm art phone image obt ained using
col or Lab
[image:11.595.80.521.127.483.2]LIST O F ABB REVI ATIO NS
SP SMARTP HONE
Introduction
Page 1
Accurat e Shade m at chi ng is a chal lenging aspect of aestheti c
dentist r y. The color of an obj ect i s a charact eri sti c gi ven b y the li ght
that com es from t he obj ect t o the hum an e ye and is dependent on the
li ght wavel engt h and the subj ective experi ence – visual perception of
col ors is a ph ys iol ogical phenom enon bas ed on the vi sual s ys t em.
Traditi onall y, s hade mat chi ng of teeth in denti str y is done b y
visuall y com paring t he color of toot h/t eeth with st andard shade guide
tabs , the operator choosing that whi ch he/she deems t o be t he best or
clos es t match.1 Thes e shade guides offer relat ivel y qui ck and cost -effective m ethods of shade m at ching, offset b y t he major problem s of
the subjecti ve variabilit y of shade matching, the pol ychromat ic nature
of teet h, and the limitati ons of dent al shade guides that incom plet el y
repres ent the colour range of natural t eeth.2 Since color perception vari es not onl y am ong individuals but for the sam e indivi dual over
time, s everal m ethods were recentl y used to ass ess tooth color wh ich
incl udes spectrophotomet er, colorim et er, spectroradiom et er, image
anal ys is t echniques etc.
There are different color s yst em s available like gre ys cal e, R GB,
CMYK, l ab et c. The ol dest color s ystem whi ch was created b y Al bert
H.Muns ell i n 1905 at tribu ted Hue, value or li ghtnes s and chroma.
C IE LAB is a col or space specified b y the Int ernat i onal
Introduction
Page 2
hum an e ye and was creat ed to serve as a devi ce -i ndependent model to be us ed as a referenc e. The three coordinat es of C IE LAB repres ents the li ghtnes s of the col or(L= 0 yi el ds bl ack and L =100 indi cat es di ffus e whit e), it s position between red and green (“a ” negative val ue indi cat es green and positi ve value indi cat es red) and its positi on bet ween yell ow and blue (“b*” negative value indicate blue and positive value indicate yell ow) The m easure of change i n visual percepti on of t wo given
col ours is denot ed b y ΔE - (Delt a E, dE). It is a m etric for
understandi ng how t he hum an e ye percei ves colour di fference
.
Clark in 1931 introduced a custom shade guide whi ch was based
on vis ual as sessm ent of human teet h, and was recorded i n Muns ell ’s
s yst em of Hue, val ue and chrom a. Since t he avai lable shade guides had
few deficiencies, Sproull in early 70’s suggested that an ideal shade
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Page 3
preferabl y bas ed on Muns ell color s yst em. As p er Mill er , the thi cknes s
of shade gui de should not be more than the average porcel ain veneer
and the m at eri al should als o be sam e as that of the restoration. The
limitat ions of shade guides are factors that compromis e shade -matching
procedures i n dent istr y and cont ribut e t o the diss ati sfaction of
clini ci ans, t echni ci ans and pati ents.3 To overcom e t hese deficienci es new generation shade guides were developed li ke Vita 3D master shade
guide whi ch features a s ys t em ati c di stri bution of shade t abs withi n the
col or space and Shofu offered the nat ural color concept .
The us age of di git al cameras have been widel y adopt ed in recent
years in t he fi el d of dentist r y. During communi cation wit h t echnici ans,
dentists can pres ent not onl y the dental morphol ogy and colors, but
also the surface t exture, color di stri buti on and other inform at ion under
the i ntra -oral condit ions. Intra -oral images wit h the reference shade
tabs correctl y positi oned next t o the teeth are also us eful in shade
mat ching. S hade m atchi ng using the di gi tal i mages can mi nimise the
gap of col or communication bet ween dent ists and t echni ci ans .
In thi s modern era of technol ogy Sm art phones cam eras are
repl aci ng DS LR camera and have becom e prevalent devi ces.
Im proving hardware and faster wirel es s standards have bol stered the growth of the sm art phone industr y. With ever y new l aunch of smartphones the camera specifi cations have al so im proved to a l ev el
Introduction
Page 4
healthcare professi onals have increased. Reason behind the increased
use of smart phones include bett er port abil it y, l ess bul k y, les s
noti ceable and m ore conveni ent , thei r self -contai ned CP U computi ng
capabilit y, enri ched fu nctional iti es, various software applications,
wirel ess connectivit y, and hi gh -res oluti on photographic t echnology.
Dedicat ed photographs captured b y sm artphones ma y be us ed as color
references in dental shade m at ching. Because col or com m uni cati on
requi res phot ographs wit h reference s hade tabs, sm artphones can
increase the eas e of wi reless com muni cation bet ween dentis ts and the
laborator y techni ci ans who fabricat e dent al prosthes es.
The aim of the st udy i s to compare t he L,a,b values of im age
taken i n sm art phone and DS LR cam era with t hat of the vit a 3D s hade
tabs and creat e a standard for sm artphone phot ograph y for shade
Aim and Objectives
Page 5
The purpos e of the st ud y i s t o
a) Compare t he L,a and b values of DS LR Cam era with that of the
Vit a 3D M ast er s hade guide.
b) Compare the L,a and b val ues of sm art phone cam era with that of
the vit a 3D Master s hade gui de.
c) Ass ess the effectiveness of sm artphone cam era in s hade
General Review
Page 6
Shade m at ching of natural teet h wit h arti ficial restoration is one
of the most chall enging as pect of prost hetic denti str y. Color of natural
teeth will var y in color and shape. These variat ions of t ooth shows
different background and personal it y of the pati ent. Whether we ar e
restoring one tooth or m an y, the abi lit y to ass es s and properl y
comm uni cate inform ation to our laborator y can be great l y im proved b y
learning the l anguage of color and li ght charact eristi cs .4
In vi sual color m at chi ng Tooth s hade g uides offer a seri es of
standards si mul ating the natural t eeth, and the dentist mus t deci de
whi ch st andard offers the m ost accept abl e col or m atch with t he toot h or
teeth i n question and if such a mat ch will pleas e t he pati ent .5
Kuehni clai m that i n norm a l color percepti on 2 mil lion col ors
can be distinguis hed when seen on a gre y background 6 and, using logi cal reas oni ng and experim ents, he has demonst rated that a realisti c
val ue for the number of stim uli that can tri gger color percepti ons is
around 40 mil lion 7. The receptors locat ed in the cent ral area of the ret ina, cone cells, are respons ibl e for da yt ime vi ewing and for the
identificati on and differenti ation of col ors 8. Col or perception is a chain process t hat involves the cone cell s that are di vided i nto 3 t ypes
of cel ls that react to three different wavel engt hs corres pondi ng to red,
green and bl ue. R od cells are responsibl e for interpreting di fferences o f
li ghtness (value) and cone cell s are responsibl e for int erpret ing t he
General Review
Page 7
Sal eski 9 propos ed t hat an ideal li ght s ource for shade m at ching shoul d have the foll owing qualit ies:
(i) it should have com pl et e colour cont ent ,
(ii ) it should have enough int ensit y to overcome t he i nfl uence of
ambi ent room li ght and s hould s how sli ght as well as
dominant pi gment ati on in the t oot h,
(iii ) it should be com fort abl e to t he e ye to perceive colour
accurat el y and com fort abl y,
(iv) the li ght should be standard and shoul d be unchanging i n
qualit y and quantit y from da y to ni ght or season to s eason.
Several uncontroll ed factors such as fati gue, agi ng, em ot ion,
li ghting conditi ons and m et am eri sm can also affect color percepti on.
In t he cont ext of planning and performing dental t reatm ents,
estheti cs in general repres ents an i mportant out com e from pati ent’s
perspective, regardl ess of age 1 0. From this perspective the correct det ermination of tooth color can be considered crucial. Generall y, i n
the abs ence of an y visual impairm ent the color det ermi nation improves
over t ime1 1 t hrough t rai ning and exercise.1 2 , 1 3
Thus t he obs ervers must be t rained for col or di scrimi nat ion b y
repeat ed us e of st andard t ests as the abi lit y to distinguis h colors m a y
Review of Literature
Page 8
M D RUSSELL et al (2000) 1 4 conduct ed a stud y and obs erved that teet h becom e li ght er when the y are dri ed. The pres ent st ud y
was desi gned to quantif y these changes and t ime t aken for t ooth
col or to return to normal. The color of an upper cent ral incisor in
each of seven subjects were m easured usi ng refl ectance
spect rophot ometer before and after appl ication of a rubber dam
and , in anot her s even subjects before and after taking a
pol yvin yl siloxane im pressi on. There were statist i call y si gnificant
changes i n the L, a and b values following rubber dam
applicati on and in L val ue foll owi ng impress ion t aki ng. The
results demonstrat e t hat t he t eeth becom e bri ght er and less color
saturat ed aft er rubber dam appli cation and bri ghter after
impress ion t aki ng. The ori ginal values were regained aft er 30
mins.
James C et al (2000) 1 5 conducted a stud y to evaluat e the C IE LAB, CM C (2: 1), and C MC (1: 1) formulas to identi f y which
provides the bes t i ndi cat or for accept abili t y of sm all color
differences in the estheti c dent al restorative m ateri als , to
det ermine i f di fferent groups of observers have di fferent l evels
of accept abi lit y, and to es timate t he color di fference t hat would
indi cat e accept abil it y bet ween a restoration and an adj acent
tooth. The subj ect popul ati on of hum an observers was di vided
into four groups , each cont aining 12 subjects. The composi tion
Review of Literature
Page 9
Group 2, denti sts; Group 3, dent al m at eri als sci entists; and
Group 4, pati e nts. A col or vision s creeni ng t est was admi nist ered
to each subject t o ensure t hat onl y obs ervers wit h norm al color
vision were evaluat ed. y. This test was com pos ed of six s et s of
discs fabri cated from dental composite resin restorat ive
mat eri al s. Each s et consist ed of one st andard dis c represent ing
tooth color. Color di fferences between t he st andard dis cs and the
restoration dis cs were cal cul at ed in C IELAB, CMC (1:1), and
CMC (2:1) color uni ts. In regard to the accept ance or rej ecti on
of dent al restoratio ns based onl y on col or di fference, the C MC
(1:1) color di fference form ula gives bett er correl ati on than t he
C IE LAB formula for smal l color differences in t he estheti c
dental rest orati ve m at eri als . There were si gni fi cant di fferences
found bet ween t he experi m ent groups i n regard to accept abi lit y
of col or di fferences using the CMC (1:1) and C IELAB formul as.
B y rej ecting sm all er color differences, the dent al auxiliaries
group proved to be more dis cri minating in accepti ng differences
bet ween toot h and composit e resin rest orative m at erial col or than
were pati ents . The mean 50:50 DE replacem ent poi nts for all
obs ervers were 2.29 and 2.72 color unit s for the CMC (,: c) and
C IE LAB form ulas, respectivel y.
RD Paravina et al (2002) 1 6 conducted a stud y to anal yze colo r paramet ers and col or compatibil it y of two randoml y chosen Vit a
Review of Literature
Page 10
In this st ud y the d at a were recorded usi ng a colorim et er s et to
standard illum inant source C and the C IE Lab s ys t em. A cus tom
adapt er s ys tem, whi ch all owed a m easuring area at the middle
third of the t abs , was produced. Each of 42 tabs was recorded
one tim e each on t hree di fferent da ys. Color dist ribution was
examined i n di agram s whose coordinates were L a b and L C H
col or coor dinat e pairs. Color difference ranges of Vit apan
Class ical and Vit apan 3D Mast er were 14.3 and 19.2,
respectivel y. It was concl uded t hat Compared t o Vit apan
Class ical, chrom ati cit y ranges of Vit apan 3D Mas ter were
extended in the desired di rect ions: hue w as ext ended toward
yell ow -red, and s at urat ion was extended toward more s aturated
tabs . C ompared to Vit apan Cl as si cal , Vit apan 3D M ast er tabs
were more uni forml y spaced. The exam ined shade guides were
found t o be color compati bl e
Steph en Ph el an (2002) 1 7, pres ent s a si ngl e onl a y cas e t hat was
si gni fi cantl y enhanced through a detai led comm uni cation process
bet ween the clini ci an and the l aborat ory t echni cian. B y us ing
col our slides as part of the dentist –techni cian communicat ion
process , t he author found tha t t he t echnici an was better abl e t o
creat e an est hetic, accurat e and success ful restoration that
Review of Literature
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Al ma dozi c et al (2003) 1 8 conduct ed a st ud y t o det ermi ne, quantit ativel y, the effect of di fferent thi cknes s ratios of opaque
porcel ain (OP) and transl ucent porcel ain (TP ) l a yers on the
overall s hade of all -cerami c specim ens . The C IE LAB values of 5
ass embled specimens, each consisting of 2 or 3 dis cs (C ORE
0.70 mm/ OP - 0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, or 1.00 m m/TP 1.00, 0.75,
0.50, 0.25, or 0 mm ) were det ermined with a s pect rophot om et er
for t he Vit a shades A1, A2, and A3. Dis tilled wat er was used to
att ain opti cal cont act between the l a yers. Bl ack or white
backgrounds were us ed to as sess the i nfl uence of the background
on the fi nal shade. Co lor differences (ΔE) bet ween l a yered
specim ens were det erm ined. C orrel ation between the t hicknes s
rat io and the L, a, and b values was cal cul at ed b y 2 -t ailed
Spearm an correl ation anal ys is. R esul ts i ndi cat ed t hat R edness a
and yell owness b i ncreas ed with th e t hickness of OP for all
shades. R edness a (P < .01 for all s hades ) correlat ed more strongl y with t hickness than yel lowness b (P < .01 for A1 and A3; P < .05 for A2). The li ghtness (L) was shade dependent. The correl ation (r) between OP/TP thi cknes s and L was 0.975 (P < .01) for s hade A1, 0.700 (not st atisti call y s i gni fi cant ) for s hade
A2, and 0.900 (P < .05) for shade A3. Thus it was concluded t hat Small changes i n thi ckness and shade of opaque and t ransl ucent
porcel ain l a yers can infl uence the fi nal shad e of the l a yered
Review of Literature
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F.D. Jarad et al(2005) 1 9 conduct ed a s tud y t o devel op a s hade mat ching m et hod bas ed on di gital im agi ng and t o com pare
obs ervers ' abilit y us ing thi s m ethod wit h the convent ional one
set agai nst a spect rophotomet ri c 'go ld standard'. Two Vit a Lumin
shade guides were used i n this st ud y, ni ne shades bei ng s el ect ed
from the fi rst Vit a Lumin shade guide, and the second s hade
guide was us ed t o mat ch t he sel ect ed s hades . A Nikon C oolpix
990 di git al cam era with Nikon SB21B ring fl ash was us ed to
record t he di git al i mages of the shade tabs of t he t wo s hade
guides and t he i mages were process ed using Adobe Phot os hop
soft ware. A tot al of 27 sampl es were mat ched wi th a di gital
shade guide prepared from the di git al im ages of the s econd shade
guide b y 10 obs ervers on a comput er screen. The obs erver‟s
shade m at ching performance was si gni ficantl y bett er with the
com put er met hod compared with t he conventional one. There was
a l arge vari ation in the obs erver ‟s m at ching abil it y. The di gi tal
camera can be us ed as a m eans of col our m easurements i n the
dental clini c.
Alvin G Wee et al (2006) 2 0 studi ed the accurac y of com merci al di git al camera for dent al appli cati ons . The y us ed t hree t ypes of
camera Nikon D100, Canon D60 and Si gm a SD9 cam era. Pict ures
were in raw format and they converted it into “TIFF” via the
converti ng software whi ch evaluat e d the C IE LAB val ues
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concl uded that thes e cam eras when combi ned wit h the
appropri at e cali brati on protocol s shows pot enti al for us e in the
col or repli cation process of cl ini cal dent i st y.
Fund a Bayindi r et al (2007) 2 1 did a st ud y to det erm ine and to
com pare the coverage errors (CEs ) of 3 di fferent shades i n a
sel ected population. The coverage errors of the following s hade
guide s ys t ems were evaluat ed t o determine whi ch shade guide
s yst em is most effective in produci ng the best visual s hade
mat ch: (1) Vita Lum in, (2) Chrom as cop, (3) Vi tapan 3D M ast er,
and (4) a combination of t he 3 shade gui de s yst em s. The s pectral
refl ectance val ues of the central one ni nth (1 -mm di am et er) of
each shade t ab (witho ut a backing) were m easured wit h a
spect roradiom et er and an external li ght source at wavel engt hs
from 380 nm to 780 nm at 2 -nm i nt ervals. The col or values of
359 anterior t eeth were m easured with the s am e prot ocol. The
Vit apan 3D M ast er shade gui de s yst em result ed i n the l owest
coverage errors compared to the Vita Lumin or Chrom ascop
shade guide s yst ems . Coverage errors for the Vit apan 3D Mas ter
shade guide s yst em did not di ffer si gni fi cantl y from the coverage
errors when all 3 shade gui de s ys tem s were comb i ned.
Lars S chropp et al (2009) 2 2did a stud y to evaluat e the efficac y of di gital phot ographs and graphi c com put er soft ware for color
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that Shade m at chi ng assi st ed b y di gi tal photographs and
com put er software was si gni fi cantl y more reli abl e than b y
conventional vi sual methods .
Jee-h a Choi et al (2010) 2 3 did a com parative stud y of vi sual and instrum ent al anal yses of shade select ion and concl uded t hat
the Overall , instrumental anal ys is i s more accurat e and
reproduci ble t han a visual ass essm ent, maki ng the difference
clini call y accept abl e.
Alpar Caglar & Kivanc Yaman el (2010) 2 4 did a stud y to evaluat e the color param et ers of composite and cerami c shade
guides whi ch were det ermined using a col orim et er and di gital
imagi ng wit h ill umi nants at different color t emperat ures . Two
different resin composit e s hade gui des , namel y Chari sma
(Heraeus Kulzer, Hanau, Germ an y) and P rem is e (Kerr
Corporati on, Orange, CA, US A), and two different cerami c shade
guides, Vit a Lumin Vacuum (V ITA Zahnfabrik, Bad S äcki ngen,
Germ an y) and Nori take (Noritake Co., Nago ya, J apan), were
evaluat ed at three di ffer ent colour tem perat ures (2,700 K, 2,700 –
6,500 K, and 6,500 K). Thi s stud y concl uded that di git al im agi ng
method coul d be an alt ernati ve for the col orim et ers unl es s the
proper object -cam era dist ance, di git al settings and suit abl e
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Won-Suk Oh et al (2010) 2 5 did a st ud y to det ermine the vali dit y of the di git al photocol orim et ri c (PC M) method in mat ching the
col or of human t eeth. First, two Vitapan Class ical shade guides,
each cont aini ng 16 shade guide t eeth, were vi suall y s hade
mat ched, and di git al photographs of each three pai r of shade
guide t eeth were taken in a color m at chi ng booth. Secondl y,
visual shade m at chi ng of t he upper cent ral incisors of 48 s ubj ects
was perform ed b y t wo prosthodontist s independentl y i n a chai r,
using the Vit apan Classi cal shade gui de. The t hree closest shade
guide t eeth were visuall y select ed and ranked in order o f
preference, for whi ch di git al phot ographs were t aken un der
ceiling da yl i ght -corrected fluorescent li ghting. All di git al images
were anal yz ed on a com put er screen usi ng s oft ware t o cal culat e
the color di fference bet ween the reference toot h and other t eeth
in the s ame di git al image. The percent col or m at chi ng fo r the
shade guide t eeth and hum an t eeth was 88% and 75%,
respectivel y. There was no statisti call y si gni fi cant difference in
mat ching the t ooth col or bet ween the shade gui de t eeth and
hum an t eeth. The di gi tal PCM m ethod i s valid for t he range of
hum an t eeth bas ed on the Vit apan Cl as sical shade guide. This
method enhances communi cation with t he laborator y personnel in
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Oi Hong Tung et al (2011) 2 6 conduct ed a stud y and hypothesized that different illuminants and camera‟s white
bal anc e s etups shall influence color rendering of di git al im ages
and affect the effectiveness of col or mat ching using di gital
images . Fi ft een ceramic disks of di fferent shades were fabri cated
and phot ographed wi th a di git al camera i n both autom ati c white
bal ance (AW B) and custom whit e balance (CW B) under ei ther
li ght -emitting diode ( LED) or el ect roni c ring fl ash. The
Commission Internationale d‟Éclairage L a b param et ers of the
captured im ages were derived from P hotos hop software and
served as di git al shade guide s . The y found a si gni ficantl y hi gh
correl ation coeffi ci ent (r2 > 0.96) between t he respect ive spect rophot ometer st andards and those shade guides generat ed in
CWB s etups. It was concl uded that t he reli abilit y of color
mat ches with di gi tal im ages is much i nfl uenced b y the
illuminant s and cameras white balance s etups, whil e di gi tal
shade gui des deri ved under LED i lluminant s wit h C WB
dem onst rate appli cabl e pot enti al in the fiel ds of col or
ass ess ment.
Fabiana Tak atsui et al (2012)2 7 did a st ud y to anal yze the color alt erati ons performed b y the C IE L a b s yst em in t he di gital
imagi ng of shade guide t abs, whi ch were obt ained
photographi call y accordi ng to the autom ati c and manual modes.
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B3 and C4. An EOS Canon di git al cam era was us ed to record the
di git al im ages of the shade t abs , and the images were proces sed
using Adobe Photos hop software. A tot al of 80 obs ervat ions were
obt ained, leading t o color val ues of L, a an d b. The color
difference (∆E) between the modes were calculated and
cl assi fi ed as either clinicall y acceptable or unacceptable. It was
concl uded that the B1, B3 and C4 shade tabs can be used at an y
of the modes i n di git al cam era (manual or autom ati c), whi ch was
a di fferent fi nding from that obs erved for the A3.5 shade tab
whi ch demonstrat ed a clini call y unaccept abl e s hade.
W K T am et al (2012)2 8 conduct ed a stud y i n whi ch t he y
propos ed to compare the color of s hade tabs t aken b y a di gital
camera usi ng app ropri at e color features . Vit a 3D m as ter shade
guide and C anon EOS 1100D di git al cam era were emplo yed.
Shade t ab im ages were compared i n two reference s trat egi es . The
col or of tooth s urface was pres ented b y a content m anuall y
cropped out of the image. The c ontent was divided into 10*2
blocks t o encode t he col or dist ribution. Col or features from
comm onl y us ed color spaces were evaluated. The top n m atches
were sel ect ed when t he least n shade di st ances bet ween the shade
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this stud y. Bot h the col or and t exture of the tooth surface could
be pres ent ed b y the proposed cont ent -based des cri ptor. Clini cal
use of di git al cameras in shade m at chi ng became possibl e.
Meh ta R et al (2014) 2 9 revi ewed on S hade s el ection -Bl ending of conventi onal and di git al m eth ods and inferred that the us e of
technology with di fferent devices in shade s el ection ma y
elimi nat e subj ectivit y of choosing and the use of photography to
comm uni cate shades and characteriz ations .
Karl glockner et al ( 2015) 3 0 conduct ed a stud y t o anal ys e the rel iabilit y of an Eas y Shade devi ce i n s hade selecti on com pared
to vis ual shade -m at chi ng m ethod. This stud y was based on the
examinati on of five hundred pati ent s of Dental Clini c Graz
Aust ri a. The s hade mat ching was obs erv ed in ri ght cent ral
maxillar y i nci sor (11), ri ght s econd m axillar y i ncisor (12) and
ri ght m axillar y caninus (13). The dat a obtained for both
experim ent al groups were anal yz ed usi ng the ANOVA t est . The
level of si gni fi can ce was set at 5%. Bas ed on thei r clinical
findings t he y concl uded that: both, t he visual and di git al t ested
methods were sim ilar accurat e in the shade determinati on. Bot h
methods in com bi nati on provide a good perform ance in
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Ralu ca Draghici et al (2015) 1 3 conduct ed a st ud y t o anal yz e the abili t y of dent al students t o visuall y as sess tooth color, b y the
usage of Vita 3D Mast er shade gui de, b y comparing thei r
mat ching to result s of an instrumental m ethod i .e., Vit a
Eas yS hade. S tudent s showed at a group l evel r el ative good
abili t y of vis uall y det ermini ng t he col or of the teeth, b y the
usage of 3D Mas ter s hade gui de.
Nakhaei M et al (2016)3 1 conduct ed a stud y to evaluat e the
infl uence of s hade guide t ype and professi onal experience
on s hade-m at chi ng resul ts and concluded t hat the t ype of
dental shade gui de affect ed t he shade -m atchi ng result s i .e. when
com pared wi th Vit apan Cl assi cal s hade guide, us e of the Vit apan
3D-M ast er shade gui de improves shade -m at ching results , als o the
level of experi ence was not found t o be an influent ial factor
in shade mat ching when 3D-Mas ter shade guide was us ed .
Dhru v An and et al (s ep 2016) 3 2 did a st ud y to as certai n if di git all y acqui red im ages wi th an S LR camera can be used as an
alt ernat ive to the VITA eas yshade spect rophotom et er for
obt aining the shade of the teeth. The y concluded that an S LR
camera with Adobe photoshop CS5.1 as an adjunct can be us ed as
an alternative to spectrophotometer in obtaining „l‟ and „b‟
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Vivek Pand ey et al (jun e 201 6 ) 3 3 conducted a st ud y to det ermine vali dit y of com bination of di git al photograph y and
conventional met hod of shade s el ect ion using s hade guide for
accurac y i n m atching colour of human t oot h over onl y
conventional met hod of shade sel ection. The y concl ude d that
whenever possi bl e, use both, as the y complem ent each ot her and
can l ead towards predi ct abl e estheti c outcom e. Thus wi thin the
limitat ions of this st ud y, tooth color mat chi ng usi ng the di gi tal
photograph y m ethod was found to be valid with t he us e of the
Vit apan Cl assi cal s hade guide. This digital technology could
provide an alt ernati ve accurat e as well as cost effect ive m ethod
of toot h color m at ching b y enhanci ng comm uni cation with the
laborator y personnel .
Ramin Negahdari et al in 2016 3 4 d id a com parative st ud y bet ween Vit apan cl assical and 3D mas ter shade guide s ys tems
and the conclusion was that t he repeat abilit y percent ages of
shade m atching in 3D Mast er s yst em was hi gh
Weng -kon g Tam in june 2017 3 5 conduct ed a stud y in which the y propos ed using support vector m achines (SVM ), which are
outst anding cl assi fi ers, i n shade classi fi cation. The y concluded
that sm artphone cameras, even thos e without int ernal set ting
feat ures, can be used as shade measuri ng i nstrum ents when an
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reveal that t he proposed S VM cl assi fi cation mi ght out perform
the s hade -m at chi ng res ults of previous studies that have
perform ed si mil ar m easurements of Del t a E level s or us ed an S,
a*, b* feature s et.
Hoss ein Dash ti et al (2017) 3 6 st at ed t hat the proces s of disinfecti on and st erilization m a y change the col or of s hade t abs
and ul tim atel y affect shade -match procedure. The shade tabs t hat
were autocl aved s howed much greater color c hange than those
that were disi nfect ed
Juzer S. Miyajiwal a et al (2017)3 7 did a com parative stud y on 3
different m et hods us ed for shade sel ecti on, i.e., vi sual m ethod,
spect rophot ometer, and di git al phot ograph y m ethod and came to
a concl usion that t he di g it al phot ograph y m et hod em erged as
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MATE RI ALS- Sm artphone cam era (S am sung S9 plus) vit a 3D mast er shade guide, tri pod st and, gre y card, DS LR cam era(EOS C anon
1200D).
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METHO DOLO GY- A comm ercial shade gui de (3D mast e r vita shade guide, germ an y) is em plo yed in thi s stud y. The im ages o f t he
indivi dual shade t abs is capt ured using Samsung S9 plus s martphone
camera and DS LR canon EOS 1200D. The Shade t ab is pl aced over the
gre y card and t he s et up is pl aced i n an area with good nat ural sunli ght .
The posi tion i s adjus ted and t he li ght t em perature i s meas ured whi ch is
around 4000 - 5000 K. The cam era was mount ed on a tripod and a fixed
dist ance of 17cm was m aint ained bet ween the shade t ab and the
camera. A t ot al of 104 im ages are taken i.e, 2 photos for e ach of t he 26
shade t abs were taken both in sm artphone cam era and DS LR cam era.
Best im age was sel ected am ong t he 2 dependin g on the cl ari t y and
sharpness. The set tings of t he cam eras are described below : -
DSLR S ettings
Im age was t aken wit hout fl as h
Fixed shutt er speed 1/125s
Autom at ed whit e bal ance
Apert ure F/ 22
T ype of met ering - m atrix
IS O 100
Fl ash mode - Off
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SMART PH ONE SE TTINGS
Shutt er speed – Automati c
Autom at ed whit e bal ance
Apert ure was set at autom ati c mode
IS O – aut om atic
Fl ash mode – Off
Fil e t ype – RAW and J peg im age
T ype of met ering – mat rix, and the rest of the s ettings were in default/ aut omatic mode.
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The im ages b y sm art phone were captured in raw and j peg format
and b y di git al cam era was capt ured in raw format onl y. Raw fil e
pres erves most of t he inform ation from cam era, such as sharpness ,
contrast , wit hout processing and compressing . Thes e usuall y have l arge
fil e sizes and dis abl es m an y camera effects. When it com es to image
editi ng thes e are ver y versat ile and will los e no det ail s in further
editi ng or com pres s ion. J peg fil e is a comm onl y us ed and popular
image fil e form at, whi ch will be process ed and compress ed b y the
captured devi ce according t o the setting made b y t he us er.
As per Bengel W M (2003) 3 8 protocol t he following st ep -b y- step procedure i s to be followed :-
1. Aft er starti ng the Photoshop program, open the Windows@
(Mi crosoft ) Inform ation menu; this wi ll gi ve you the color
inform ation of each singl e pixel
2. Us e Ct rl + 0 to open the image to be anal yz ed
3. To eliminat e an overal l color cast, open the Levels di al ogue b y
pressi ng C TR L + L (or Image, t hen Adj ust, then Levels ). T hree
e ye-dropper tools wi ll appear. Sel ect the middl e one and move it
over the pi ece of gra y card i n the picture. Cli ck again to
elimi nat e the gl obal color cast of the im age. This can be
controlled b y checki ng the Informat ion panel: The R, G, and B
val ues , which woul d have been sl i ghtl y different before, will
now have the s am e value. The L a b values will have changed as
wel l: a : and b wi ll be set to 0; the L value will not have
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4. Change t he color space from RGB to Lab. This has to be done for
L a b values to be recorded using t he hist ogram of Photoshop.
5. To obt ai n images wit h a comparable bri ghtnes s, im age bri ght ness
is com pared with a medi um value. The bri ghtness of an i mage is
express ed b y the L value.
6. The s el ected toot h will be surrounded b y a broken line on the
monitor. This li ne i ndi cat es t hat all m easurem ents refer onl y t o
the image cont ent wi thin t he line.
7. Reflecti ons on the tooth surface must be excluded.
8. L, a, and b values of the sel ected area are m et ered b y cli cki ng
Im age.
The L,a,b values of t he raw im ages of sm art phone were obt ained
using color l ab and that of DS LR cam era was obt ained us ing adobe
photoshop. The delt a E Values of sm artphone and DS LR in compari son
with t hat of th e m anufacturers shade t ab val ues were not ed us ing col or
lab C IE2000 soft ware. A s coring was gi ven for t he delt a E val ues i.e.
less than 2.5 is “not perceivable” and more than 2.5 is “perceivable” to
hum an e ye. Thi s was done becaus e the col or di fference bet ween 2
objects (delta E) of ˂ 2.5 is not discernible to human eye as suggested
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In t his s tud y the L, a and b val ues were coll ected using DS LR
camera and sm artphone cam era [Tabl e 1]. For com paris on of shades
taken b y the 2 variables the s coring val ues were taken i nto account.
TABLE: 1 – L, a, b and del ta E Valu es of DSLR and s martphon e i mages
SHADE 3D MAST ER
MANU FA CT URE R
Lab V AL UES
DSL R SMART PH ON E
L* a * b * L 1 a 1 b 1 ^E L2 a 2 b 2 ^E
1M1
83.1 -0.1 12.5 84.3 0.7 14.1 1.6 82 0.5 15.2 1.81M2
84 -0.2 18.8 84.2 -0.6 21.8 1.2 83.9 0.6 14.6 2.52L1.5
79 0 18.5 76.5 2.6 20 3.4 80 1.9 17.4 2.52L2.5
79.5 0.2 24.5 77.2 1.2 23.4 1.9 84.1 1.1 18.6 4.32M1
78 0.8 14 79 3 13 3.0 78.4 3.2 14.6 2.92M2
78.7 0.9 19.9 79 1.7 24.6 2.3 81.8 2.2 15.3 3.72M3
79.2 0.7 25.3 79.3 1.4 25.6 0.6 80.0 3.2 25.1 2.42R1.5
77.8 1.5 16.3 77.1 5.6 16.7 4.7 80.1 2.7 16.1 2.12R2.5
79.5 1.7 23.3 80.6 2.6 25.9 1.6 79.2 3 21.2 1.83L1.5
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3M1
73.4 1.8 15.4 73.7 3.8 16.1 2.3 73 5.5 14.5 4.63M2
74.6 2 21.5 77.7 4.5 20.7 3.5 74.1 6.2 23.2 3.53M3
75 2.6 27.9 76.6 5.5 28.9 2.6 77.3 5.3 27.7 2.83R1.5
73.4 2.7 17.9 72.3 3.5 18.9 1.2 75.7 4.5 13.5 4.13R2.5
73.6 3.5 25.9 74.5 4.7 27.6 1.3 72.9 5.7 27.5 1.94L1.5
69.2 2.8 21.7 67.3 4.3 21.7 2.1 68.8 4.5 18.5 2.64L2.5
69.1 3.7 28.5 69.7 1.5 27.3 1.9 68.7 8.5 28.3 4.04M1
68.3 2.9 17.0 68.6 3.9 18.1 1.2 68.6 5.6 16.5 3.14M2
70.1 3.7 23.7 71.5 -0.7 29.2 4.9 71.7 8.8 23.8 4.84M3
69.5 4.8 30.7 70.01 3.9 30.4 0.8 64.6 8.9 21.9 3.34R1.5
69.6 4.3 20.8 68.4 4.2 23.9 1.8 69.4 5.7 17.6 2.64R2.5
69.2 5.1 26.3 68.8 5.4 29.9 1.6 68.2 7.9 27 2.45M1
64.4 4.2 19.4 70.1 3.7 18.5 4.5 64.8 7.0 20.6 3.35M2
65.1 5.7 26.3 67.6 5.3 26.6 2.0 68.9 7.9 26.9 3.45M3
65.9 7.0 33.4 67.4 4.6 25.8 3.6 73.3 7.1 33 5.75Descript ive s tati sti cs is us ed to m eas ure t he variabl es. Bel ow i s t he
stati sti cal anal ysi s for t he 26 shades for the di fference between DS LR
and sm artphone phot ographs.
Table below shows the des criptive st ati stics of the change percent of
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TABLE: 2 DES CRI PT IVE STATIST ICS O F DSLR CAME RA
Mini mu m Maxi mu m Mean Std. Deviation
DS LR L1 change% -8.85 3.16 -0.818 2.51
DS LR a1 change% -500 800 -45.07 213.72
DS LR b1 change% -23.6 22.8 -3.65 10.39
DSLR ˄E 0.6 4.9 2.33 1.17
TABLE: 3 DES CRI PT IVE STATIS TICS O F S MARTPHONE
CAMERA
Mini mu m Maxi mu m Mean
Std. Deviation
SP L2 change% -11.23 7.05 -1.16 3.23
SP a2 change% -450 600 -77.19 202.03
SP b2 change% -21.6 28.7 5.26 12.04
SP˄E 1.80 5.75 3.10 1.01
INTERPRET ATIO N - Table 2 & tabl e 3 shows t hat the st andard deviation of “L” and “b” is more in smartphone camera than DSLR,
whereas standard deviation of “a” is more in DSLR than in
smartphone. However the ^E val ues of both the groups does not di ffer
much in st andard deviati on.
The change percent age of DS LR and Smartphone photographs for
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TABLE: 4
S H A D E 3 D MASTE R
DSLR L1
cha n g e %
D S LR a 1 chan g e %
D S LR b 1 chan ge %
SP L2
cha nge %
S P a2
chan ge %
S P b2
chan ge %
1M1 -1.44 800.0 -12.8 1.32 600.0 -21.6
1M2 -0.24 -200.0 -16.0 0.12 400.0 22.3
2 L1 .5 3.16 0.0 -8.1 -1.27 0.0 5.9
2 L2 .5 2.89 -500.0 4.5 -5.79 -450.0 24.1
2M1 -1.28 -275.0 7.1 -0.51 -300.0 -4.3
2M2 -0.38 -88.9 -23.6 -3.94 -144.4 23.1
2M3 -0.13 -100.0 -1.2 -1.01 -357.1 0.8
2 R 1 .5 0.90 -273.3 -2.5 -2.96 -80.0 1.2
2 R 2 .5 -1.38 -52.9 -11.2 0.38 -76.5 9.0
3 L1 .5 -3.15 -86.7 11.3 -0.41 -133.3 6.9
3 L2 .5 0.14 -142.1 0.8 -1.62 -115.8 0.0
3M1 -0.41 -111.1 -4.5 0.54 -205.6 5.8
3M2 -4.16 -125.0 3.7 0.67 -210.0 -7.9
3M3 -2.13 -111.5 -3.6 -3.07 -103.8 0.7
3 R 1 .5 1.50 -29.6 -5.6 -3.13 -66.7 24.6
3 R 2 .5 -1.22 -34.3 -6.6 0.95 -62.9 -6.2
4 L1 .5 2.75 -53.6 0.0 0.58 -60.7 14.7
4 L2 .5 -0.87 59.5 4.2 0.58 -129.7 0.7
4M1 -0.44 -34.5 -6.5 -0.44 -93.1 2.9
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4M3 -0.73 18.8 1.0 7.05 -85.4 28.7
4 R 1 .5 1.72 2.3 -14.9 0.29 -32.6 15.4
4 R 2 .5 0.58 -5.9 -13.7 1.45 -54.9 -2.7
5M1 -8.85 11.9 4.6 -0.62 -66.7 -6.2
5M2 -3.84 7.0 -1.1 -5.84 -38.6 -2.3
5M3 -2.28 34.3 22.8 -11.23 -1.4 1.2
INTERPRET ATIO N - Maximum change percent of DS LR and smartphone camera has been shown for variable “a”. Change percent is
more for “a” in lighter shades compared to darker shades. As per table
4, leas t change percent i s shown i n the vari abl e “ L” of DS LR camera
photographs.
The l ast and m ost key obj ect ive of the st ud y is to di fferenti at e between
the 2 vari abl es i .e. between t he Sm artphone and DS LR shade det ection
using Delt a E val ues .
So, t o com pare group 1wit h group 2 i nterventi ons , Wilcoxon si gned
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Table: 5
Descrip tive S tatisti cs
N Mean Std. Devi ation Minimum Maximum
DS LR ^E 26 2.331 1.1712 .6 4.9
SP ^E 26 3.1019 1.01474 1.80 5.75
INTERPRET ATIO N - The mean of DSLR ˄E and smartphone ˄E is 2.33 and 3.10 respectivel y. The m aximum st andard devi ation of DS LR
is 4.9 and minimum is 0.6 and for sm artphone maximum is 5.75 and
minimum is 1.80. The standard devi ation of bot h DS LR and s martphone
delt a E does not var y much.
Table:6
Ranks
N Mean R ank Sum of R anks
SP ^E – DS LR ^E
Negat ive
Ranks 7
a 9.07 63.50
Positive R anks 18b 14.53 261.50
Ties 1c
Tot al 26
a. SP ^E < DS LR ^ E
b. SP ^E > DS LR ^E
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Table: 7
Tes t S tatis ticsa
SP ^E - DS LR ^E
Z -2.665b
As ym p. Si g. (2 -t ail ed) .008
a. Wil coxon Si gned Ranks Tes t
b. Bas ed on negative ranks.
Interp retati on: Wil coxon s i gned rank test is perform ed between DS LR and Sm artphone photographs t o det ermine i f there is s igni ficant
difference for devi at ion (Delt a E) values.
The cal cul at ed t est s tatist i c val ue i n tabl e (Table: 5 ) i s les ser than the
cri tical value(p value) i.e. t here is signi ficant difference between t he amount of deviation of L,a and b val ues in DS LR and Smartphone photographs.
The val ue of p val ue is les ser than 0.05(0.008) [Tabl e7] which aids
rej ection of null h ypothesis, i.e. there is difference bet ween the am ount of devi ation of L, a and b values in DS LR and S martphone photographs. The sum of ranks shown i n Tabl e 6 s hows that positi ve sum of ranks has a hi gher value whi ch is Smart phone Delt a E values
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GRAPHS:
MEAN RANKS OF SP ^E - DSLR^E
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
NEGATIVE RANK POSITIVE RANK MEAN RANK 9.07 14.53
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MEAN OF SP^E AND DSLR^E
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5
DSLR ^E SP ^E
2.331
3.1019
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The change p ercen tage of DSL R and S martph one ph otographs for
variabl es L , a and b from the manufacturing valu es
-600 -400 -200 0 200 400 600 800
1M1 1M2 2L1.5 2L2.5 2M1 2M2 2M3 2R1.5 2R2.5 3L1.5 3L2.5 3M1 3M2 3M3 3R1.5 3R2.5 4L1.5 4L2.5 4M1 4M2 4M3 4R1.5 4R2.5 5M1 5M2 5M3
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The form , functi on, and estheti cs in a restoration is of pri me
concern. Est het icall y pl easing restorati on depends on proper s hade
mat ching. Perfecti on in shade sel ecti on can onl y be achieved when the
prosthesis is an accurat e repli ca of the adj acent nat ural tooth. Shade
selection varies depending on the clinician‟s color perception and
experi ence, li ghti ng conditions, tooth background, and the shade guide
used. Communi cat ion with a dent al laborator y is another probl em as
the t echni ci an does not us ual l y s ee t he pati ent and has t o work on
dentist‟s written instructions.
To overcom e the di screpanci es of s hade sel ection , di gital
cameras were int roduced in dentist r y whi ch enabl ed cl i nici ans to
perform an objecti ve anal ysi s. A di git al phot ograph hel ps t o exactl y
repli cat e the col or of t he restorat ion due to i ts hi gh im age qualit y.
Wolfgang M et al in 2003 stated that a photographi c procedure using
di git al cam eras are propos ed t hat is relativel y simpl e and s uffi ci ent l y
precis e to allow t he ass essment of the t herapeuti c out com e of
tooth‐bl eaching procedures.4 0
As there is i ncreas e in preval ence of smartphones with high
resolution cameras, the photographs captured b y t his can be taken as
col or references in dent al shade mat ching. Because col or
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dentists and the laborator y techni ci ans who fabri cate dental
prosthes es.3 5
Wen- kong tam in 2016 3 5 conduct ed a stud y on dental shade mat ching b y using digital im ages that m a y be feasi ble when suit abl e
col or features are properl y m anipul ated . The y propos ed usi ng support
vector m achines (S VM), which are out standing cl ass ifi ers, in shade
cl assi fi cation. The y concluded that this stud y provides a feasibl e
techni que for dent al shade cl assificati on that us es t he camer a of a
mobil e device. The findings reveal that the proposed SVM
cl assi fi cation mi ght outperform t he shade -m at ching resul ts of previous
studi es t hat have perform ed simil arit y measurements of the levels or
used an s*, a*, b* feature s et.
Bas ed on P ubm ed an d Google s earch t his is the fi rst s tudy to
com pare the percei vabl e col or difference of v ita 3D mast er shade guide
tabs usi ng smart phone cam era and di git al cam era. Som e earli er studi es
com pared several di gi tal cam eras avail able at a point in ti me am ong
each other in order t o choose the best one for t elem edicine purpos es 4 2. Kodak V1s233 was chos en as provi ding t he best s olut ion. The Fuji F40
woul d serve well if a docking st ati on i s not needed. The Casio EX
-Z1200 is a good choice if t he us er can be trai ned to uti lize t he m acro
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Our st ud y des cri bes t he compari son of L,a , and b val ues of DS LR
images and sm artphone im ages with that of the m anufacturers
speci fi cat ions. The i mages were taken under cont rol l ed envi ronm ental
fact ors wit h 18% gre y card kept behi nd the shade t ab as clos e as
possi ble, whi ch is a neutral target as its red, blue and green val ues are
equal . Since t he gra y card had defi nit e values, t he software also
interprets it as gray, t hus el iminating the col or cast of the whol e
pict ure4 4. The im ages were in Raw form at as this is an uncompress ed fil e t ype wit h the m ost color inform ati on and is also easil y fixabl e if
the cam era sett ings were set wrong i niti all y. Edward A. Et al 4 5 stat ed that wit h an accurat el y and cons ist entl y expos ed i mage taken in R AW
format, and wi th the use of Whi Bal Gra y card and correctl y positioned
shade t abs, general practitioners can t ake a shade anal ys is i mage that
can be us ed to extract shade inform ation in photoshop usi ng t he Lab
and HS B color m odels. In t he aut hor‟s experi ence thi s has been
directl y us eful in choosing the correct s hades of ceramics for indi rect
restorations.
The dat a and anal ysis of t he st ud y s upport rej ecting t he null
h ypot hesis. In thi s st ud y it was det ermi ned that the subject effects were
stati sti cal l y s i gni fi cant.
The Vit apan 3D -M aster shade -m atching s yst em is used in this
stud y as it is extensi vel y use d in dent al clini cs and has been shown t o
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alone is j ust as effective as usi ng all 3 shade gui des com bined (VITA
Lumin, Chrom as cope & vit a 3D M ast er), which is l es s clini call y
practical . Since the L,a and b val ues would var y for each shade t ab, the
val ues gi ven b y spectroradiom et er was t aken as a cont rol group.
Del ta E is t he dist ance between 2 colors and is us ed to ens ure the
col our bei ng dis pla yed is reproduced wit h colour hue t hat m at ches so
closely to the colour input that the human eye can‟t perceive the
difference. The higher the value of Delta E (ΔE), shows that further
awa y the colour is from the t rue hue, us ing C IE LAB. Delta E of z ero
cannot be det ect ed using t he human e ye, thus i s t he perfect color value.
Few studies st at e t he mi nim al det ectab l e di fference is between 1 -2.5
Del ta E. A Delt a E between 3 and 6 is usuall y considered an accept able
number in comm erci al reproduct ion, but the colour di fference m a y b e
percei ved b y printi ng an d graphic profes sionals 4 6. There are few other studi es that s a y less than or equal to 1 is not perceptible b y human e ye,
1-2 will be percepti ble t hrough clos e observation and 2 -10 percepti bl e
at a glance.
In Table 4 it is shown that the change percent age of L
(lumi nosi t y of color) is l es s in DS LR when compared to sm art phone.
Out of t he 26 shade tabs hi gher DS LR change percent of L is visibl e i n
5 shades i.e 2L1.5, 3L1.5, 3M 2, 5M 1 and 5M2 shades . An acceptab l e
change percent of “a” in DSLR is in shade tab 4R1.5 and in smartphone
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Smartphone photographs to det ermi ne i f there is s i gni fi cant difference
for devi ati on (Del ta E) values .
The cal cul at ed te st stati sti c value i n t able (Table: 5) is lesser
than the criti cal value (p value) i.e. t here is si gnifi cant difference
bet ween the amount of devi ati on of L, a and b values in DS LR and Smartphone photographs.
Table 1 s hows the delta E values of DS LR and m anufact urers and
smartphone and m anufacturers. On t aking delt a E accept abl e value as
less than or equal to 2.5, shades 2L1.5, 2M1, 3L1.5, 2R1.5, 3M2, 3M3,
4M2, 5M 1 and 5M3 of DS LR cam era showed perceivabl e colo r
difference. The rest of the s hade tab have values t hat have no or barel y
percei vabl e col or di fference. Simil arl y smartphone delt a E shows no
col or difference in shade tabs 2 L2.5, 2M2, 3M1, 3M2, 3M 3, 3R1.5,
4L1.5, 4 L2.5, 4M1, 4M2, 4R1.5, 5M 1, 5M 2 and 5M3. Thus on
anal yzing tabl e 6 it can be st ated that 66% accurac y was obtained for
DS LR camera and 47% accurac y for sm artphone cam eras. On the other
hand i f delt a E val ue is t aken as less t han or equal to 2, s hades 2L1.5,
2M1, 2M 2, 2R1.5, 3L1. 5, 3L2.5, 3M1, 3M2, 3M3, 4L1.5, 4M2, 5M 1
AND 5M3 of DS LR camera and shades 1M2, 2 L1.5, 2 L2.5, 2M1, 2M 2,
2M3, 2R 1.5, 3L1.5, 3L2.5, 3M 1, 3M2, 3M3, 3R1.5, 4 L1.5, 4L2.5, 4M1,
4M2, 4R 1.5, 4R2.5, 5M1, 5M2 and 5M3 of smartphone cam era shows
col or di fference perce ptibl e at a gl ance. Thus , 50% accurac y is
obt ained for DS LR cam era and onl y 16% accurac y is obtained for