Clinical evaluation of color – what is the horizon for color science in dentistry?
Color of both dental tissues and dental restorative materials both change over time – challenging the planning and management strategies for esthetics. We are currently immersed in “evidence-based dentistry” with demands for more clinical evaluation of esthetic strategies, their efficacy/effectiveness, new rational designs for clinical trials, and a plan for future focus of color science. This presentation will focus on framing the current situation across all materials for color evaluation and identify the clinical evaluation paths for the future.
Dr. Bayne is Professor Chair of the Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences, and Endodontics at the University of Michigan’s School of Dentistry. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Biological Materials from Northwestern University. He taught at the University of Mississippi School of Dentistry from 1977-1984.
He taught at UNC from 1984-2005, where he was recognized with 20 Teacher Excellence Awards from UNC dental classes, the first SRG Mentor-of-the-Year Award, and the prestigious Richard Hunt Award teaching award. Late in the fall of 2005, he joined the University of Michigan.
Dr. Bayne has been honored with memberships in the Academy of Restorative Dentistry and Omicron Kappa Upsilon, the National Dental Honor Society. These are significant in that Dr. Bayne is in a select group of non-dentists who are part of these special organizations. He has received the Award of Merit from the Academy of Dentistry International in 1999, Lecturer-of-the-Year Award by the Greater New York Society of Prosthodontics in 2000, the 2003 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award from Carleton College, the 2004-2006 UNC Distinguished Professor of Teaching Excellence (the highest teaching award the University bestows), the 2005 Academy of Operative Dentistry Hollenback Prize, the 2005 ADEA/Smith-Kline-Glaxo/Sensodyne Faculty Teaching Excellence Award for Dental School Faculty, the 2007 Founder’s Award from the Academy of Dental Materials, the 2010 Dental Materials Group Clinical Research Award, an honorary PhD in 2010 from the University of Athens for his work in Greece, and the IADR Distinguished Scientist Award for Dental Materials (Souder Award) in 2011.
He is past-President of the Academy of Dental Materials, Past-President of the Dental Materials Group of the IADR, Past-President of the AADR, and Past-President for the IADR. He has been a reviewer for 26 journals, editorial review board member of 8 journals, and an associate editor of 4 journals.
He has been involved in funded clinical research trials involving posterior composites, CAD/CAM Cerec inlays, bonded Class V restorations, and bleaching materials. His research has been published in 50 chapters, transactions, and symposia, 120 journal articles, and 246 abstracts. He has made 221 scientific
and 272 continuing dental education presentations.
