Aims &Objectives: This systematic review evaluated various methods of shade matching in prosthodontics.
Materials &Methods: The following databases were searched for studies comparing different shade matching methods. MEDLINE (pubmed), Embase, and Google scholar. Reference lists of articles were also searched.
Results: This systematic review evaluated 36 studies that comparing the efficacy of different tooth shade-matching protocols, 21 of which compared visual and instrumental shade measurements, 9 studies utilizes only instrumental measurements out of which 4 compared colorimetric and spectrophotometric measurements. Remaining 6 studies utilizes visual measurements includes day light or commercial light.
Conclusion: Shade matching using a spectrophotometer is the most precise and accurate. Although visual shade matching is inconsistent, this method is not necessarily inferior to colorimetric measurements in terms of precision.
