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Esthetic precision

In-Clinic Shade Matching

A dedicated room with calibrated lighting and Vita shade guides, or our ceramist travelling to your clinic to take the shade chairside.

The laboratory's shade-matching room with calibrated lighting
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Why light decides the result

A shade taken under an operatory light, under an office fluorescent tube or beside a window late in the day will give three different answers for the same tooth.

What is covered

How we proceed

Dedicated room in Laval

Calibrated lighting reproducing natural conditions, by appointment.

Vita shade guides

Vita Classical and Vita 3D-Master, depending on the ceramic chosen.

Travel to your clinic

Our ceramist comes to you when the patient cannot travel.

Characterization record

Incisal translucency, stains, craze lines, halo and internal effects noted.

Reference photography

Image of the shade tab in place, kept in the case file.

Tissue shade

For prostheses with pink gingiva and All-on-X cases.

Bisque try-in validation

Adjustment possible before the final glaze.

A dedicated ceramist

The person who records the shade is the one who makes the piece.

Technical sheet

Arranging a shade appointment

Location
Our dedicated room in Laval, or your clinic by arrangement
Booking
By appointment, with the patient present
Guides used
Vita Classical, Vita 3D-Master
Recommended timing
Early in the day, before any treatment that dries the tooth
If no appointment is possible
Photographs with the shade tab adjacent to the tooth, without direct flash

A dehydrated tooth lightens within minutes under the operative field. Record the shade before placing the dam.

A shade appointment?

Book a slot in our dedicated room, or ask for our ceramist to visit your clinic.

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