Identifying and communicating the shades of a patient’s teeth is a part of providing restorative dental care. Matching the restoration to the surrounding dentition is important so the prosthetic or filling will provide a natural appearance. The use of a dental tooth shade guide system can make this process easier. Most shade guides feature tabs representing the different shades in a standardized dental shade system, and the tabs are simply held up to the patient’s teeth to find the correct match. When communicating shade to a dental laboratory it can help to take a picture of the shade tab you’ve selected next to the tooth. The shade tabs can also be used to communicate with patients about stains on their teeth when proposing dental whitening treatments.
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| Company | VITA North America | VITA North America |
| Item | VITA Linearguide 3D-MASTER | VITABLOCS Guide 3D-Master |
| Price | Inquire | Inquire |
| Description | The VITA 3D-Master Linearguide enables the quick determination of precise tooth shades and uses the same scientific principles and 29 shades found in | The VITABLOCS 3D-Master Guide improves shade selection by matching Vitablocs shades faster and more precise than ever. All the shade tabs are |
| Color Range | 29 VITA 3D-Master Shades | Vitablocs Shades
29 Shades
3 Bleaching Shades
52 Intermediate Shades |
| Compatible Porcelain Systems | Vita VM Line Of All-Ceramic And Porcelain-Fused-to-Metal Veneering Materials | Vitablocs
VMK95
Omega 900
VM 7 All-Ceramic
VM 9 All-Ceramic
VM 13 PFM
Titanium Porcelain |
| Compatible Denture Teeth | Not Available | Vitapan
Physiodens |
| Get Info | Not Available | Not Available |