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Abstract

Natural teeth vary in their shape and shade in every individual and that gives a picture of the personality and appearance of our patients. Selecting shade for patients is a subjective thing and is very important step in treatment of prosthodontics. That is why the aesthetics of the prosthesis fails because of wrong colour reproduction. There are many factors which can affect the shade selection procedure which if controlled can give the result which are required. This article aims in collecting all the factors which may affect the shade selection procedure. This information with not help only the students and rese-archers but the clinicians as well.