Effect of Gender and Experience on Shade Matching-A Comparative Evaluation
Nitin HC, K Chandrasekharan Nair, Jayakar M Shetty · Acta Scientific Dental Scienecs · 2023
Shade selection critically dictates clinical success of fixed prosthesis.There are a few factors that can influence the shade selection like the illuminating light sources, gazing at colored cards before shade selection, clinical experience of the operator who selects the shade and the gender of the operator.In the Indian context, there are very few studies that critically evaluates the influence of clinical experience of the professional who does the shade selection and the role of gender.While comparing Professors, PG students and interns for their shade matching ability, professors performed better than the other two groups.Female operators performed better than the male operators but the difference was not statistically significant.