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Transmittance prediction and inverse design of resin composite based on an optical model and deep learning.

Dental materials : official publication of the Academy of Dental Materials · Wang Z, He Y, Hu F, Chen D, Shen J, Liu F, Shen J · 2026-10-14

Researchers developed an optical model combined with artificial intelligence to predict how light passes through resin composite and determine the material parameters needed to achieve a desired tooth color. The system demonstrated high accuracy in color matching across test samples, performing well below the threshold of human color perception.

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