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## Statement of problem: How pink gingival porcelain color is perceived by participants classified according to profession and sex is unclear. ## Purpose: The purpose of this in vitro study was to evaluate the degree of correlation between the ordering of color tabs by participants classified according to profession, years of dental work experience, and sex and the ideal chromatic order based on the color coordinate l∗ (lightness). ## Material and methods: Twenty-one colored specimens made of heraceram pink gingival porcelain were used. a group of 352 participants (118 men and 234 women) comprised of dental students (n=126), dentists (n=54), dental assistants (n=56), and laypersons (n=116) were enrolled. they were asked to order the specimens starting from the lightest to the darkest. the kendall coefficients of concordance w and correlation t were used to determine whether the individuals in each experimental group rating the specimens were consistent and accurate. ## Results: The degree of agreement between the ideal ordering and that carried out by the participants within the different professional categories was greater than 0.8 in all assessments. no statistically significant

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Author

Cristina Gómez-Polo; Javier Montero; Ana María Martín Casado

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Dentistry (Health Sciences)