Shade Correspondence, Color, and Translucency Differences between Human Dentine and a CAD/CAM Hybrid Ceramic System

Objective: To determine the shade correspondence between human dentine and two versions of a CAD/CAM hybrid ceramic system and to investigate color and translucency differences between these materials. Materials and Methods: Twenty-four samples of different shades and opacities were fabricated from Vita Enamic CAD/CAM ceramic blocks. Human dentine samples were obtained from 73 extracted maxillary teeth. Color coordinates of all samples were measured using VitaEasyshade spectrophotometer. The translucency parameter (TP) and Delta E-ab* and Delta E-00 color differences, with respect to human dentine of anterior and posterior teeth, were calculated. Results: Vita Enamic Translucent was the best match for anterior teeth (>90% of cases) while Vita Enamic T 3M2 was the best option for the dentine samples of posterior teeth in 78.8% (Delta E-ab) and 54.5% (Delta E-00) of the cases. The smallest differences in translucency (Delta TP) with the dentine samples of anterior teeth were obtained for Vita Enamic T 3M2 (92.5%) and with those of posterior teeth for Vita Enamic HT 1M2 (45.4%). Conclusions: VITA Enamic Translucent is the best option as color match for both anterior and posterior teeth dentine. In terms of translucency, VITA Enamic Translucent closely matched anterior teeth dentine while for posterior teeth, VITA Enamic HT was the best option.