What is shade A2 by Dr. Alessandro Devigus

32 Minute

In this episode I get to interview Dr .Alessandro Devigus

Dr.Alessandro Devigus is a dentist from Switzerland & has a private practice since 1990. He is CEREC instructor at the Zurich Dental School& conducts Various international courses, lectures and has publications on CAD/CAM & Digital technologiesHe is also the Editor-in-chief of the „International Journal of Esthetic Dentistry“ by (Quintessence) An active member of the European academy of aesthetic dentistry.He is a Bio-Emulation Mentor, ITI Fellow & Speaker
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We speak about How different shade table evolved and what is the best technique to do shade selection & communication. Do digital share taking equipments work? and more ...
Here are the time stamps
00:35 What is shade A2 is such an interesting topic. The logic behind the title explained

02:00 Are you an A3 dentist? I think even I can related to this right?

03:00 Did you know A3 is the MOST widely used shade in the world?

04:00 why is there always a difference between shade A2 manufactured by various companies?

06:00 Organizations controlling standardization of colors

08:00 Recommendation for the best shade guide

09:00 Concept of the best shade guide

10:00 Value VS hue/ chroma

12:00 Cultural difference in color perceptions
14:00 the 3 step VS 2 step technique of using a shade guide

19:00 How to counter Metamerism in material selection

20:00 Digital shade guide & how to use it

28:00 Do we dry the tooth or keep it wet before shade selection ?

29:00 Placement of shade tabs intra-orally

31:00 How to use a grey card

34 Multilayerd VS Monolithic with respect to optical properties