IPS e.max Ceram Art Shade 3g | Base Stain for Ceramics | Ivoclar

IPS e.max Ceram Art Shade 3g – Base Shade Pastes for Restorations | Ivoclar

Ready-to-use pastes for adjusting the base shade of ceramic restorations. They allow for the overall tooth shade to be adapted before adding characterizations, and are compatible with zirconia, lithium disilicate, glass-ceramics, and aesthetic veneering ceramics.

Indications for use

• Definition of the primary tooth shade
• Correction of color differences between the restoration and the VITA scale
• Base before applying Illusion or Essence effects
• Imparting incisal brightness and depth (Shade Incisal)

Shade Dentin – Base Dentin Shade

They reproduce the base dentin and its saturation level. They are applied to set the "real" shade of the restoration before adding texture or enamel effects.

• Shade Dentin 1 – Very light, bleach-like. For bright restorations or high-value aesthetic cases
• Shade Dentin 2 – Standard warm, the most versatile and commonly used in clinical practice
• Shade Dentin 3 – More yellowish shade for dentitions with more pronounced chroma
• Shade Dentin 4 – Cooler, slightly grayish shade, for patients with cool undertones
• Shade Dentin 5 – Saturated with grayish-brown undertones, to mimic dark or mature dentin

Shade Incisal – Incisal Optical Effect

They do not provide a base shade but an optical effect: they give a natural appearance to the incisal edge through translucency and value control, smoothing the dentin-incisal transition without layering the enamel.

• Shade Incisal 1 – Incisal clarity and brightness. For young, bright, and slightly vitreous edges
• Shade Incisal 2 – Greater translucency and slightly lower value. For natural restorations in adults