Volume 6 Issue 2 (March - April), 2020

Original Articles

Evaluation of Relationship of tooth color, eye color and skin color and its relation with gender
Muktesh Mahajan, Deepshikha, Subham Kumari, Ojas Singh, Gagandeep Kaur, Yesh Sharma

Background: The color of teeth is strongly determined by dentin with more translucent enamel playing a lesser role through scattering at wavelengths in the blue range. The present study was conducted to assess tooth color, eye color and skin color and its relation with gender. Materials & Methods: The present study was conducted on 120 subjects of age ranged 20-40 years of both genders. Eye color or iris color was visually inspected and was assessed as: score 1 was for Blue, blue/green light, score 2 was for brown/ gray, score 3 was for dark brown and score 4 was for black. Skin color was determined on the forehead at 3 cm above the nasal bridge and then it was categorized as: score 1 for very light, 2 for light, 3 for middle and 4 for dark. Tooth color was measured using Vita Easy Shade Advance and expressed as L, C and H. Results: Age group 20-30 years had 35 males and 32 females and 30-40 years had 25 males and 28 females. A negative and significant correlation between skin color and L* in males and females was found. A negative and significant correlation was seen between eye color and chroma of tooth (P< 0.05). A negative but significant correlation between age and L* in males and females (P< 0.05) was observed. Conclusion: Authors found that hue, value and chroma of tooth are partially dependent on skin color, eye color, age, and gender. Key words: Chroma, hue, value.

 
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