GC EUROPE Kalore - Manual (Page 27)

27 GC Kalore technical manual
7.6 Shade Guide
KalORe shades are linked to the Vita®† classical shade
guide. For shade matching with KalORe, the body section
is the most representative part of this guide. however,
several translucent shades are custom made and require
use of the KalORe shade guide. the individual shade
samples increase in thickness to enable the clinician to
judge the influence of thickness of the composite layer on
the shade (Fig. 34).
7.7 Shade Selection for Existing and New Users
New Users of GC Composite Materials
In 90% of cases, a Universal shade will be sufficient.
in 10% of cases, a combination of universal, Opaque and/or translucent shades will be required for
optimal esthetics. table 6 shows the combination of KalORe composite shades ("painting by
numbers principle") that can be used for restorations, and table 7 shows the age-related shades
that can be used.
table 7. Restoring by age category.
Table 6. Restoring with 3 or 4 shades.
Figure 34. KALORE shade guide.
# Shades a1 a2 a3 A3.5 A4 B1 B2 B3 c2 c3 D2 cV cVD BW XBW
1. Opaque OBW aO2 aO3 aO3 AO4 OBW aO2 aO3 aO3 AO4 aO2 AO4 AO4 OBW OXBW
2. universal a1 a2 a3 A3.5 A4 B1 B2 B3 c2 c3 D2 cV cVD BW XBW
3. translucent WT WT Dt Dt Dt WT WT Dt Dt Dt WT Dt Dt WT WT
4. Incisal Edge ct nt nt nt Gt ct nt nt nt Gt ct cVt cVt ct ct
# Junior adult Senior
translucent (enamel) WT Dt Gt
translucent (incisal edge) WT nt ct