An in vitro study to evaluate the difference in shade between commercially available shade guides and glazed porcelain.

INTRODUCTION: Smile is one of the most important interactive communication skills of a person. A smile is the key factor for an aesthetic appearance. Hence aesthetics is one of the motivating factor for the patients to seek dental care. Correction of unaesthetic appearance gives a positive effect to the self esteem of the patient.

AIM: The aim of this study was to compare the difference in the shade between the commercially available shade guides namely Vita Classical And Ivoclar Chromascop and the fired porcelain samples fabricated using Vita Zahnfabrik VMK 95 and Ivoclar Classic Materials respectively.

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to obtain a matching brand of material that has a particular shade tab among the brands used.

CONCLUSION: To conclude, Ivoclar material matched the chromascop shade guide better than the vita material matched the vita classic shade guide.