Seybold Report ISSN: 1533-9211
1Revathi.B, 2*Dr. Subash Sharma
Vol 17, No 11 ( 2022 ) | Licensing: CC 4.0 | Pg no: 2514-2520 | Published on: 14-11-2022
Abstract
AIM- To analyse whether age determines the lightness and darkness of tooth shades.
INTRODUCTION- With increase in demand for esthetics in developing countries like the
Indian, the importance provided to match the tooth shade creates a great difference in the
satisfactory outcome of the patient in the field of dentistry. Hence in this study, the differences
in tooth shade values according to age, was investigated among a sample of the Indian
population.
MATERIALS AND METHODS- 238 individual’s case sheets with the age range of 18 to 65
years. 18-30 years of age were considered as group 1 (young adults), 31-45 years in group 2
(middle age) and above 45 years in group 3 (older age). The shade of the middle third of the
labial surface of the permanent maxillary left or right central incisor was recorded using the
Vitapan 3D-Master shade guide. The collected data was imported to Statistical Packages of
Social Sciences, version 17 (IBM Corporation). Chi square test was used to determine the
significance between the groups.
RESULTS: From the data, 17.2% showed A1 shade, 35.2% A2 shade, 7.5% A3 shade, 5% A4
shade, 7.1% B1 shade, 15.9% B2 shade, 7.1% B3 shade, 3.3% B4 shade and 1.1% C1 shade.
The individuals under the category of above 45 years showed darker tooth shade compared to
young adults and middle age groups (Chi square test; p-0.001).
CONCLUSION: The significant association was established with darker tooth shades by
increasing age and vice versa. The elder population showed a very strong positive correlation
for dark shade between teeth. The aging process significantly affects the teeth color. Hence as
a dentist, it is important to know about the distribution of tooth shade and its association with
age to get an outcome with adequate patient satisfaction.
Keywords:
Age factor; Tooth shade; Lightness; Darkness of shade