Gary Radz’s Snow Mountain Seminars Blog

Recently we have started testing two shade taking devices.

The potential of this technology is very exciting. We have the Vita EasyShade Compact and the Olympus Crystal Eye. If this technology works it will be a huge advantage for dentists trying to do better (and profitable) cosmetic dentistry. The EasyShade, is just that very easy. the Crystal Eye, though easy to use is a far more complex machine. To date we have not done enough evaluation to give a fair opinion on either, but our initial impression is that these can certainly be helpful tools in arrive in the correct color selection.

That being said, it does not appear to be able to completely eliminate the human element of using your own eyes and make informed decisions. Certainly the potential exists to be able to more accurately select the appropriate shade for an anterior bonding case or a porcelain veneer case and even the dreaded single unit anterior crown!!

Tags: anterior bonding, anterior crown, color selection, cosmetic dentistry, dentists, Olympus Crystal Eye, porcelain veneer, shade taking, technology, Vita EasyShade

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