LEARNING OUTCOMES
Students will understand the importance of aesthetics in prostheses in relation to color and dental characteristics.
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
· Explain what is color (definition of color) and describe its nature.
· recognize the basic elements of color theory.
· recognize and describe the basic properties of light.
· distinguish and explain the relationship of light with color.
· recognize and describe the basic properties and dimensions of light and colors.
· understand the methods of production of colors, as well as the categories of colors.
· know and distinguish the systems of measurement or recognition of colors, their advantages and disadvantages, as well as their use.
· understand the properties of color and bodies that are applicable to dental technology.
· know the modern color measurement devices in dental technology.
· analyze the ways of proper reproduction of color in the various dental and dental restorations.
· Demonstrate that they understand the whole process of applying all the prior knowledge in dental technology.
SYLLABUS
The course is the basic introductory course on the concepts of color and the process of color making, which is a key factor for successful construction.
It is offered through a cycle of 13 theoretical courses which are analyzed below:
· Historical dimension of aesthetics and color. Brief reference and introduction to the concept of aesthetics and color and then an attempt is made to make a historical a review of the evolution of these terms from antiquity to the present day.
· Light and nature of light. Analysis and juxtaposition of all basic knowledge about light, light sources and lighting necessary for the recognition of color and, by extension, of color aesthetic behavior of sources and objects.
· Eye- physiology of vision. Description of the human eye, both anatomically and functionally. Visible electromagnetic radiation, through the optical system of the eye (eye), is transferred to the retina. There, this natural stimulus turns into a nerve stimulation, which is passed on to the brain and turns into a sense of color.
· Basic properties of light related to aesthetics: reflection and diffusion of light, refraction of light, Total reflection of light, refraction of light through prism, scattering and absorption of light;
· Classification of bodies based on their visual properties: transparent, opaque and translucent
bodies.
· Light and colors. Set the color. Nature of color and its relationship to light.
· Classification and production of colors. Basic, secondary and complementary colors. Methods of production and combination of colors.
· Basic elements of colors (dimensions). Complexion or hue or color family, (hue), intensity or density, (chroma) and tone or brightness, (value).
· Systems for measuring or recognizing colors. OSA color system, (Optical Society of America), DIN color system, (Deutsche Institute fur Norming), NCS color system, (Natural Color System), Munsell color system, C.I. color system.E, (Commission Internationale d’Eclairage).
· Advantages and disadvantages of systems for measuring or recognizing colors. Indications and ways of their application in dental technology.
· Color measuring devices. Electronic instruments for measuring color. Colorimeters, spectrophthalmometers, cameras and image resolution devices.
· Properties of color and bodies, which are applicable to the process of its proper reproduction in various dental restorations. Postparty, chromatic contrast, chromatic fatigue of the eye.
· Properties of the color of natural teeth that are applied in the process of its proper reproduction in various dental restorations. Fluorescence, opalism, iridescentism, Maverick colors.