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Cumhuriyet Dental Journal, vol.21, no.1, pp.61-69, 2018 (Scopus)
© 2018 Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Dentistry.Nowadays with the advanced technological developments, patients come to dentist to get healthy and esthetic smile. Most noticeable factor in a beautiful smile is shade. Accurate shade selection is seen to be important criteria for esthetic assessments. Descripting and transferring the color, perceiving available systems and making accurate measurements are under the responsibility of dentists. A lot of factors must be considered when selecting shade. In the last years, it's observed that there is an increase of scientific researches about color and new advances about measurements and their assessments. Re-evaluation of new advances with the current knowledge is important for dentist. The aim of this review is to give information, regarding methods used in selecting shade and factors which affect these methods.