The colour of the tooth cannot be chosen for the tooth as a ’whole’.  The colour properties of the dentin, enamel, their thickness and three dimensional relation must be taken into consideration.

That is why monochrome universal composites are not suitable for use in anterior and posterior teeth revealed during patient’s smile.

Pic 1. Upper left incisor restored with monochrome universal composite - shade A3 (Vita)

In my everyday work I am loyal to the Enamel plus HFO (Micerium,Italy) composite system that offers color range guided by color of dentine and transparency effects of natural enamel.

Special morphological layering technique is used during reconstruction of the tooth.

Pic 2. Layers of enamel and different dentine chromas

Pic 3.  Same tooth reconstructed with HFO Composite resin using layering method.

Please note that tooth is restored with minimal preparation. You can see the whole procedure in section Clinical Cases.

Pic 4. Similar technique can be used for posterior teeth.