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Esam Tashkandi

The Psychological Aspects of the Observer and Dental Shade Matching

Lecture Description: 

During the complex process of visual shade matching which is routinely done in virtually all aspects of clinical dentistry, the psychological state in which the observer, in this case the dental clinician, is often overlooked. This session aims to shed light on the following areas:

• The current state of the literature in regard to the subject
• The implications of fatigue of the dental observer in particular on the ability to select the proper shade
• Methods of improving dental shade matching under various psychological states

About presenter: 

Esam Tashkandi obtained his Dental Degree with honors form King Saud University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 1989. He then completed his Prosthodontic Specialty training at the University of Michigan from Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1999 Dr. Tashkandi obtained his PhD Degree in Oral Health Sciences also from the University of Michigan where he studied Color Science under the mentorship of Bill O'Brien. He currently is an Associate Professor at King Saud University. In addition, he is an Adjunct Scientist at the Houston Center for Biomaterials and Biomimetics of the University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston. Also, Dr. Tashkandi is a visiting Professor in the University of Freiburg in Germany.