Color Appearance in Dentistry and its Measurement
This talk will focus on the color appearance attributes of teeth (particularly whiteness and yellowness) and the relationship between physical properties and the visual attributes. Methods for color measurement will be described and assessment of whiteness will be discussed.
- To understand the perceptual attributes of whiteness and yellowness;
- To appreciate the CIE system of colorimetry and its application to the measurement of tooth color;
- To understand methods for assessment of tooth whiteness.
Stephen Westland is Professor of Color Science and Technology at the University of Leeds (UK). He has published work on the measurement of tooth color for application to tooth whitening and avulsion/replantation and is known for his research into computational methods for using digital cameras to measure color. He has published over 150 refereed papers, books and conference proceedings in the areas of color vision, color measurement and color imaging.
