Study on the degree of knowledge of dental colour's characteristics in relation to the dentist's professional experience

Aim. Our study focused on the analysis of the degree of kwowledgetof the dental colour's characteristics, by the dentists regarding the hue, chroma and value, for dentures wearer edentulous patients, and their knowledge in this field, in correlations with some factors. Material and method. 50 dentists, with a variable number of years of professional experience, between 24 and 54 years old, feminine in majority, formed the lot of study, to which an online questionnaire was applied, with 18 questions with one single option of answer. The results were statistically analysed. Results and discussions. The obtained data show statistically significant results. The results regarding the knowledge about The Munsell Coloristic System show that the majority of the doctors are aware about this system. (85.7%). The correlations between the doctor' s age and his knowledge about this system, using the Fisher’s Exact Test show statistic significative differences (p = 0.029). Using the same test, for the question regarding the most important colour characteristic from the 3 of them, statistic significative differences were obtained (p = 0.042), doctors from the smallest age groups were the most well trained. Conclusions. The selection of the tooth colour is process influenced by subjective and objective factors (tooth colour knowledge) that can be improved.