Dr. Bora Korkut graduated from Marmara University, Faculty of Dentistry in 2008. He had the ‘Ph.D.’ title in Conservative Dentistry and ‘Specialist’ title in Restorative Dentistry fields in 2015. He has been working as an academic member as an Associate Professor at Marmara University, Dentistry Faculty, Department of Restorative Dentistry. He has many national and international scientific publications about direct and indirect restorations, pre-restorative clear aligners, tooth bleaching, clinical dental photography, tooth wear, Cad/Cam restorations, magnification in dentistry, and caries diagnosis & management. He has presented many scientific lectures in national and international dental meetings about dental photography, anterior/posterior composite and ceramic restorations, pre-restorative clear aligners, ICON therapy, tooth bleaching, tooth wear, and restoration complications since 2015. He has participated as an instructor in more than 100 hands-on courses since 2015. He is the author of the ‘Esthetic Anterior Composite Restorations’ book published by Quintessence Publishing Deutschland in 2025. It was translated also in Turkish, Portuguese, and Chinese. He is a member of the ‘Bio-Emulation Group’ and ‘GC Europe Restorative Advisory Board’. He is a certified Invisalign provider. He is also a key opinion leader and official international speaker of several leading international dental companies such as GC, Hu-Friedy Group, Tokuyama, Ivoclar, Kulzer, Dentsply Sirona, Align Technology, iVeneer, AquaCare, Polydentia, and Busch.
Aesthetic demands as well as the minimally invasive treatment preferences of the patients led to direct composite materials being selected more often for the anterior restorations today. As a result of the recent advancements in mechanical and optical properties of these materials, operators can provide highly esthetic as well as long-lasting direct restorations in are relatively a relatively short period of time. Shade matching with the natural dental tissues is very important for successful anterior composite restorations to meet the esthetic expectations of the patients. The restorative protocol, including the material selection, shade selection, layering technique, and finishing procedure, should be performed in a correct way to obtain an optimal shade match clinically. Otherwise, the possible shade matching problems may lead to the total renewal of the restoration. Especially, the color-matching ability of the selected resin composites plays an important role in this issue. This lecture is going to discuss the failures in shade matching for the anterior composite restorations and also the clinical tips to obtain an optimal shade matching. The complications, reasons for failure, and simplified solutions will be presented through the clinical cases.
