How well can today's tooth-colored dental restorative materials reproduce the autofluorescence of human teeth? - Ambition and reality!

Christian KleinThomas ConnertChristiane von Ohle Christian Meller

Published in: Journal of esthetic and restorative dentistry : official publication of the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry ... [et al.] (2021)

Unlike the statements and images of blue fluorescent materials in the manufacturers' brochures, none of the materials examined here is fully capable of reproducing the natural autofluorescence of teeth.

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