Observation Of The Influence On The Rate Of Visual Shade Matching In Medical Students With Shade Guide Training Systems

Objective:In this study, we used shade guide training systems (TT/TTB) to train dental students, explored their impact on the accuracy rate of shade matching, evaluated dental students’shade matching ability, and observed the influence of Gender and Clinical experience on shade matching ability.Methods:A total of94dental students from our university took part in this experiment. All participants were given a course on color, color theories, and using of Toothguide Training (TT) or Toothguide Training Box (TTB). All participants had been trained three times once a week for3weeks. Scores of each participant were recorded for each time after training. The results were divided into three groups in accordance with TT/TTB system, gender and clinical experience. Using SPSS16.0software package, means and standard deviations were calculated.Results:(1) There was a significant difference (p<0.05) of shade matching veracity between second training (76.73±22.11) and before training (68.04±18.08) in TT group. And in TTB group a significant difference (p<0.05) of shade matching veracity between second training (76.45±18.96) and before training (68.75±19.63) was found.(2) There was a significant difference (p<0.05) of shade matching veracity between third training (78.20±20.75) and before training (64.87±19.44) in Male group. And in Female group a significant difference (p<0.05) of shade matching veracity between second training (79.81±19.09) and before training (70.90±18.08) was found. After first training, women preformed better than men and the difference was significant.(3) There was a significant difference (p<0.05) of shade matching veracity between second training (76.73±22.11) and before training (68.04±18.08) in Clinical-experience group. And in no-clinical-experience group, a significant difference (p<0.05) of shade matching veracity between second training (76.45±18.96) and before training (68.75±19.63) was found.Conclusion:1. Both TT and TTB can improve the shade matching ability.2. Gender doesn’t play an important role in shade matching.3. The clinical experience was not found to be an significant factor in the shade matching.