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The Naturality Files
Why your composite looks like composite.
Short clinical films by Dr. Jaqueline Merino on the small errors that quietly kill naturality — why the perfect shade can still look artificial, and how anatomy makes a tooth look wider, narrower, shorter or longer — plus an 8-question self-check that tells you which error is yours.
- 01One error per film, straight from the chair
- 02An interactive 8-question self-check
- 03New files added to this page over time
The files
Two files open. More on the way.
Film
The right shade, still artificial
You chose the perfect shade. The restoration still looks artificial.
Film
The anatomy that changes the tooth
Wider, narrower, shorter, longer — without changing its size.
In production
The white line
It wasn't there on the day. Three months later, it's all the patient sees.
In production
The manufactured mamelons
Three perfect lobes. That is exactly the problem.
In production
The painted tint
If you can name the colour, there is too much of it.
In production
The banded edge
It looks fine from the front. Now look from above.
In production
The shade that lied
It matched perfectly. Then the patient came back.