Q: What is the best device for helping in shade selection for composites and crowns? A: Picking the correct shade of a restoration can be one of the more difficult things a dentist does. Trying to ...

A study evaluating the A2 shades of various types and brands of resin composites determined that each one of them had perceptible color changes after polymerization and subsequent testing. Since those ...

Any change to the color of your tooth is discoloration, also called a stain. There are lots of reasons your tooth can change color. And if your tooth is discolored, it doesn't look as bright or white ...

The gap between the "beautiful smile" patients demand and the clinical realities of delivering it seems to widen every year.

Smooth and even color seems to matter more than blinding whiteness when teeth are in question. That is the bottom line of a massive Swedish study in which thousands of young adults were asked to ...

The actor I was interviewing had the kind of smile that could light up a room. And by that I mean he had a glow in the dark, Ross in season six of "Friends," shade that doesn't occur naturally in ...

Medical professionals are warning against using a DIY whitening trend that involves smearing a charcoal-derived black mixture on teeth. The method, which dentists say may lead to enamel deterioration ...