How to take a Clear Match picture Clear Match is an excellent technique utilizing digital photography coupled with computer technology to give a shade. Its success is more predictable when some simple guidelines are used when taking pictures. The link is a video training how to take a Clear Match picture demonstrated by Dennis and Bob Braunston, the developers of ClearMatch. Its view time is around 5 minutes and is certainly worth watching again and again.
An accurate approach to shade taking ClearMatch is a great way to communicate shade. However if you feel more comfortable doing it using your eyes versus a program, the following technique is one way I've really fallen in favor with as shown to me by Uwe Brosamle. The great beauty of this technique, is you're selecting shades from tabs made out of the actual porcelain the restoration will be constructed in versus using a standard Vita guide. A huge drawback in most shade guides is the fact that a shade is determined from a tab not made from the porcelain the lab uses. In fact, it's quite often from a tab which doesn't even use a porcelain that's used in constructing crowns. Just think, when you factor in the dramatic differences of light between the operatory and the lab coupled with an unknown manufactured shade tab, it's amazing we can even come close to making crowns disappear.
Lava preparation Guide 3M Espe's Yttrium stabilized Zirconium Cad/Cam designed Lava is an excellent choice for single to multiple units. This all ceramic restoration can be cemented in place posteriorally or anteriorally. The preparation's design is important. For a detailed guide, please click below.
Alloy Properties This link will take you to a page showing the compositions of the alloys we use.
Sculpture/FibreKor reference Sculpture/FibreKor seems to be proving itself as an excellent restorative choice. Here are some designs for various preps, an image of the FibreKor material prior to curing, as well as some tips in handling.