More than A Restorative Shade System

DENTSPLY Ceramco is proud to introduce its latest innovation in cosmetic dentistry, the illuminé™ White Shades. The illuminé White Shade System (Fig. 1) includes 8 highly aesthetic shades that permit the fabrication of restorations to match various degrees of bleached dentition. The illuminé White Shade System also incorporates the illuminé White Shade Guide which is the perfect communication system for dentists, laboratory technicians and patients.

Fig. 1 The illuminé™ White Shades system

The illuminé shades offer an expanded range of whiter and brighter shades than are currently available in any other shading system on the market, extending from a warm white through a pure white. Now for the first time, dentists can more closely match the brighter and whiter shades their patients want and laboratory technicians can accurately create the cosmetic restorations to match bleached dentition.

It's an esthetics management system for the smile
Now dentists can:
• Establish bleaching goals that the *Vita Lumin® shade guide cannot aspire to.
• Agree on expectations and manage results for maximum patient satisfaction.
• Set recall points for bleaching treatments that renew the smile.
• Restore teeth with PFM, all-ceramic, and indirect composite illuminé shades.
• Effectively communicate the degree of chroma and value of a restoration in the bright, white restorations.
• Request illuminé crowns, bridges, inlays and onlays in PFM, all-ceramic, composite and Zirconia!

illuminé White Shades Radically Extend the Shade Range Dentists Can Prescribe
• The shades i1, i3, i5 and i7 are keyed to the Lumin "A" family of shades.
• The shades i2, i4, i6 and i8 are keyed to the Lumin "B" family of shades.
• Determine the patient's shade family, and a target shade using the illuminé shade guide.
• Prescribe the restoration in Ceramco®3 Porcelain, Cristobal®+ Indirect Composite, or Cercon™ !
*Vita & Lumin are not registered trademarks of DENTSPLY International.

Fig 2. Value Coordination

Fig 3. Chroma Coordination

The Science Behind illuminé
Color difference is measured in CIElab DE units. The Vita Lumin® shade guide's sixteen shades encompass a color difference range of DE = 16 from lightest to darkest. The illuminé Shade Guide's eight shades extend this range to an additional DE = 11 units. The average color difference between shades (say A1 and A2) on the Vita Lumin® shade guide is DE = 4, in each of A, B, C and D families. The illuminé white shades have been designed to have an average color difference between shades (e.g. i1 and i3) on the illuminé shade guide of DE = 3.8.

The shades are also coordinated in value. The progression in color from i1 to i3, i5 and i7, or from i2 to i4, i6 and i8 is arranged so that value (brightness) increases (Fig. 2), and chroma (color intensity) decreases (Fig. 3) uniformly.

illuminé™- Simply Brighter
DENTSPLY Ceramco's illuminé White Shades offer the most comprehensive line of ultra white shades on the market today. They enable dentists and their labs to easily satisfy patients' growing demand for whiter and brighter dentition.

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For details on the illuminé White Shade System call you local DENTSPLY Ceramco Sales Representative or the Customer Service Department at 1-800-243-1942. Visit their website at www.dentsply.com.

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