Value, chroma, and hue of gingiva of 100 black and 100 white patients were measured clinically with Munsell color tabs under fluorescent light and under simulated daylight. The color of uniformly pigmented attached gingiva of both blacks and whites was described most often by a value between 5/ and 7/, a chroma of /4, and a range of hues from 2.5R to 7.5R when determined under fluorescent light...

Melanin is a pigment that contributes to our skin color. Hyperpigmentation where melanin is produced in excess quantity can cause significant esthetic problem. Facial aesthetics is affected by smile line. Gingiva is an integral component of facial esthetics. Hyperpigmentation in gingiva affects facial esthetics. Various surgical modalities have been employed to correct hyperpigmentation. But, r...

Citation: Sachdeva S, Phadnaik M, Saluja H and Tandon P. (2016). Think Pink: An Esthetic Root Coverage with Laterally Displaced Flap. M J Case. 1(1): 004. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Complete root coverage is one of the primary objectives to be considered when treating gingival recessions. Furthermore, aesthetic demands can be satisfied by soft tissue grafts, the thickness and color of which should not...

OBJECTIVE To assess the relationship between periodontal treatment needs by elderly Brazilians and contextual as well as individual variables. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out to assess the need for clinical periodontal treatment, based on National Oral Health Survey (SB Brasil 2010) data on the presence of dental calculus, shallow (3-5 mm) and deep (≥ 6 mm) periodontal pockets...

This study evaluated the degree of color change of teeth and the sensitivities of teeth and gums in an in vivo study. Ranir Whitening Wraps (WW2) and Crest Whitestrips Premium (WP2) were used twice a day and Ranir Whitening Wraps (WW1) were used once a day. Color evaluations occurred at baseline, after five and seven-day use of bleaching agent and 14 days post-bleaching. Color change was evalua...

This study evaluated tooth whitening and sensitivity that occurred during and after 14 days of overnight bleaching with 15% carbamide peroxide gel with potassium nitrate and fluoride (Opalescence 15% PF, OP) and 16% carbamide peroxide with amorphous calcium phosphate (Nite White 16%, NW). Thirty-two subjects bleached their teeth using custom trays. The subjects had a baseline evaluation and ret...

In children periodontal disease presents itself as symptoms of systemic disease, but very seldom does it develop, as in adults, into cases that accompany serious damage to the alveolar bone. Most common are the cases of localized filth and eruptive gingivitis. The majority of these cases of gingivitis are localized in the interdental papilla and marginal gingiva and very few of them affect the ...

A patient’s smile expresses a feeling of joy, success, sensuality, affection and courtesy, and reveals self-confidence and kindness. A smile is more than a method of communicating, it is a means of socialization and attraction whose advantages are taken for granted in the media, both publicly and politically (Gandet, 1987). This media portrayal of the stereotyped smile leads to a standardizatio...

Until recently, dentists’ and the public’s concept of dental aesthetics was necessarily limited to alterations of the teeth themselves. Dentists concerned themselves with changing the position, the shape and the color of the teeth basically restoring missing units or enhancing those already present. For the most part the dentist was forced to accept the pre-existing relationship between the thr...