American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry Grant for Research in Esthetic Dentistry (Direct: $5000/-) “Evaluating Porcelain Color Match of Different Porcelain Shade Matching Systems”, Date: Sept 1999 to 2000; PI: Alvin G. Wee
NIH, National Eye Institute, Academic Research Enhancement Award (Direct: $126,000/-) “Visual Assessment of Color Difference (R15 EY013527)”, Date: August 2002 to September 2005; PI: Alvin G. Wee (5% Release Time). Co-I: William M. Johnston, Ph.D.; Delwin T. Lindsey, Ph.D.
The Editorial Council of The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry Grants and Awards Program (Direct: $8,007/-) “Measurement of Color for Craniofacial Structures”, Date: March 2003 to 2004; PI: Alvin G. Wee; Co-I: William M. Johnston, Ph.D.
Ivoclar, Vivadent “Effect of Tooth Brushing and Aging on CAD/CAM Ceramic Staining and Surface Roughness” (Direct: $1,617/-) Date: July 8th, 2014 to 2015. PI: Judy Yuan, D.D.S., M.S., Co-I: Alvin G. Wee
National Dental Center Research Fund, Singapore “Validation of Two Clinical Color Measuring Instruments for Use in Dental Color Research”. (Direct: $17,434/-) Date: March 2016 to 2018; PI: Christina Sim, B.D.S., M.S., Co-I: Alvin G. Wee
Technology Enhanced Award for Teaching and Learning, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota “Electronic Shade Matching for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Prosthodontic Education” Date: January 2021 (Direct: $2500/-); PI: Alvin G. Wee, Co-I: Arpit Nirkhiwale, BDS, MS
Wee AG, Kang EY, Johnston WM, Seghi RR. Evaluating porcelain color match of different porcelain shade matching systems. Journal of Esthetic Dentistry, 12:271-80, 2000. PMID: 11338494
Wee AG, Monaghan P, Johnston WM. Variation in color between intended matched shade and fabricated shade of dental porcelain. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, 87: 657-66, 2002. PMID: 12131889 Journal of the South African Dental Association 66:370-8, 2011. PMID 23477269
Wee AG, Kang EY, Jere D, Beck FM. Clinical color matching of porcelain visual shade matching systems. Journal of Esthetic & Restorative Dentistry, 17:351-7, 2005. PMID: 16417829
Wee AG, Lindsey DT, Kuo S, Johnston WM: Color accuracy of commercial digital cameras for use in dentistry. Dental Materials, 22: 553-559, 2006. PMID: 16198403
Bayindir F, Wee AG: The use of computer aided systems in tooth shade-matching. The Journal of Hacettepe Faculty of Dentistry, 30:40-46, 2006.
Gozalo-Diaz DJ, Lindsey DT, Johnston WM, Wee AG: Measurement of color for craniofacial structures using a 45/0 degree optical configuration. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, 97:45-53, 2007. PMID: 17280891
Douglas DR, Steinhauer TJ, Wee AG: Intraoral determination of the tolerance of dentists for perceptibility and acceptability of shade mismatch. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, 97:200-8, 2007. PMID: 17499089
Lindsey DT, Wee AG: Perceptibility and acceptability of CIELAB color difference in computer simulated teeth. Journal of Dentistry, 35:593-599, 2007. PMID: 17517460
Wee AG, Lindsey DL, Shroyer K, Johnston WM: Use of porcelain color discrimination test to evaluate color difference formulas. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, 98:101-109, 2007. PMID: 17692591
Bayindir F, Kou S, Johnston WM, Wee AG: Coverage error of three conceptually different shade guides to vital unrestored dentition. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, 98:175-185, 2007. PMID: 17854618
Kim-Pusateri S, Brewer JA, Dunford RG, Wee AG: In-vitro model to evaluate reliability and accuracy of a dental shade matching instrument. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, 98:353-358, 2007. PMID: 18021823
Gozalo-Diaz DJ, Johnston WM, Wee AG: Estimating the color of maxillary central incisors based on age and gender. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, 100:93-98, 2008. PMID: 18672125
Bayindir F, Bayindir Y, Gozalo-Diaz D, Wee AG: Coverage error of gingival shade guides system in measuring color of attached anterior gingival. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, 101:46- 53, 2009. PMID: 19105991
Kim-Pusateri, Brewer JD, Davis EL, Wee AG: Reliability and accuracy of four dental shadematching devices. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry 2009; 101: 193-199.
Yilmaz B, Ozecelik TB, Wee AG: Effect of repeated firing on the color of opaque porcelain applied on different dental alloys. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry 2009; 101:395-404. PMID: 19463667
Bayindir F, Bayindir YZ, Wee AG: Gingival color match and gingival shade guides in restorative dentistry. Journal of Dental Faculty Ataturk University 2010; Supplement 3: 38-43.
Lindsey DT and Wee AG: Assessing tooth color differences in digital facial portraits. Journal of Dental Research 2010; 89: 1254-8. PMID: 20739690
Yilmaz B, Ozcelik B, Company AM, Wee AG: Color change during the surface preparation stages of metal ceramic alloys. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry 2011; 106:38-47. PMID: 21723992
Bayindir F, Gozalo-Diaz D, Kim-Pusateri K, Wee AG: Incisal translucency of vital natural unrestored teeth. Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry 2012; 24: 335-343. PMID: 23025317
Wee AG, Beatty MW, Gozalo-Diaz D, Kim-Pusateri S, Marx DB: Proposed shade guide for human facial skin: A pilot study. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry 2013; 110: 82-9. PMID: 23929369
Hungerford E, Beatty MW, Marx DB, Simetich B, Wee AG: Coverage error of commercial skin pigments as compared to human facial skin tones. Journal of Dentistry 2013; 41: 986-991. PMID: 23907084
Ito M, Marx DB, Cheng AC, Wee AG: Proposed shade guide for attached gingiva – a pilot study. Journal of Prosthodontics 2015; 24: 182-187. PMID: 25081432
Barao VA, Ogawa ES, Moreno A, Mesquita MF, Wee AG, Assuncao WG: Long-term clinical evaluation of the stability and stainability of acrylic resin denture teeth. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry 2015;113:628-635. PMID: 25572460
Wee AG, Meyer A, Wu W, Wichman CS: Lighting conditions used during visual shade matching in private dental offices. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry 2016; 115: 469-474. PMID: 26723088
Yuan JC, Barao VA, Wee AG, Alafro MF, Afshari FS, Sukotjo C: Effect of brushing and thermocycling on shade and surface roughness of CAD-CAM ceramic restorations. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry 2018; 119: 1000-1006. PMID: 28965682
Bishal A, Wee AG, Barao VAR, Yuan JC, Landers R, Sukotjo C: Color stability of maxillofacial prosthetics silicone functionalized with oxide nano coating. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry 2019; 121:538-43. PMID: 30503151
Bitencourt SB, Kanda RY, de Freitas Jorge C, Barao VAR, Sukotjo C, Wee AG, Goiato MC, Pesqueira AA: Long-term stainability of interim prosthetic materials in acidic/staining solutions. Journal of Esthetics and Restorative Dentistry 2020 Jan; 32(1): 73-80. PMID: 31709728
Sheets JL, Marx DB, Ariani N, Barao VAR, Wee AG: Faculty versus student repeatability on evaluating translucency of the anterior dentition. Prosthesis 2021; 3: 331-341.
Wee AG, Winkelmann DA, Gozalo DJ, Ito M, Johnston WM: Color and translucency of enamel in vital maxillary central incisors. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry 2022: S0022-3913(22)00054-3. doi: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2022.01.010. PMID: 35184886
Akl MA, Sim CPC, Nunn ME, Zeng LL, Hamza TA, Wee AG: Validation of two clinical color measuring instruments for use in dental research. Journal of Dentistry 2022: 125: 104223. Doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2022.104223. PMID: 35839964.
Schelkopf S, Dini C, Beline T, Wee AG, Varao VAR, Sukotjo C, Yuan JC: The effect of smoking and brushing on the color stability and stainability different CAD/CAM restorative materials. Materials 2022, 15, 6901, https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15196901. PMID: 36234241
Chee LKM, Bishal AK, Bhatia HS, Wee AG, Takoudis C, Sukotjo C, Yuan JC: Effect of nano ceramic coating on color perceptibility and acceptability of polymethylmethacrylate: in vitro and clinical study. Materials 2022, 15, 878. https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/15/24/8748. PMID: 36556554
Beatty MW, Wee AG, Marx DB, Ridgway L, Simetich B, De Sousa TC, Vakilzadian K, Schulte J: Viscoelastic properties of human facial skin and comparisons with facial prosthetic elastomers. Materials 2023, 16(5), 2023; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16052023. PMID: 36903138
Siu G, Sheets JL, Sukotjo C, Wee AG, Yuan, JC: Validity and Reliability of a proposed anterior implant esthetic index (AIEI). Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry (July 2024) – https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prosdent.2024.10.027
Marafi A., Manna S., Kunkel, T., Azarbal, M. Sukotjo, C., Wee, AG, Antonopoulou, S: The Effect of Extrinsic Staining on 3D Printed Provisional Crowns. Prosthesis 2025, 7, 47. https://doi.org/10.3390/prosthesis7030047
Cho Y, Prasad S, Yuan JC, Sukotjo C, Johnston WM, Wee AG: Determining the perceptibility and acceptability threshold of the relative translucency parameter – a pilot study. Journal of Prosthodontics 2026 Jan 21. Doi:10.1111/jopr.70098. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41566578
Wee, AG. Color Matching: Color matching conditions. In: Paravina R. and Powers JP (eds.) Esthetic Color Training in Dentistry. St. Louis: Mosby Inc., 2004.
Wee AG. Description of color science, color replication progress and esthetics. In: Rosenstiel SF, Land MF, Fukimoto J (eds). Contemporary Fixed Prosthodontics. St. Louis: Mosby Inc. 6th Edition – 2022; In: Rosenstiel SF, Land MF, Walter R (eds). Contemporary Fixed Prosthodontics. St. Louis: Mosby Inc.