Inventors:
Bruno Pozzi - Camarillo CA
Assignee:
American Tooth Industries - Oxnard CA
International Classification:
A61C 1910
Abstract:
A system for providing artificial teeth with life-like shade and hue, or for matching the shade and hue of an artificial tooth with the shade and hue of one's natural teeth, employs a double-sided master shade guide and a plurality of paired sample teeth, with each pair having a given shade and hue corresponding to a tooth on the master shade guide and attached to a holder. One side of the master shade guide includes a first set of reference teeth arranged by shade, while a second set of reference teeth arranged by hue and visually isolated from the first set are disposed on a second, opposed side of the shade guide. A support base, or carrier, is adapted to receive and support the master shade guide and the paired sample teeth holders. The carrier includes a plurality of spaced compartments, each receiving and supporting a plurality of paired sample teeth holders. All pairs of sample teeth in a given compartment are of the same shade and hue.