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BruxZir Shade Guide

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I’m glad you’re here. We have some exciting news to share.

Since the launch of BruxZir® zirconia, you and your peers have been relying on traditional shade guides for selecting shades for your patients’ zirconia restorations. But conventional shade guides are typically made from porcelain or acrylic. Given the different optical characteristics of zirconia, porcelain and acrylic, choosing zirconia restorations based on a non-zirconia shade guide can increase the risk of metamerism and contribute to mismatched shades for your patients.

To alleviate these concerns, Glidewell engineered the new BruxZir Zirconia Shade Guide. The first shade system dedicated to shade-matching for BruxZir restorations, the BruxZir Shade Guide features shade tabs made from the same BruxZir zirconia Glidewell lab technicians use to create restorations for your patients. In other words, what you see on the BruxZir Shade Guide is what you get when patient crowns & bridges are delivered to you.

The BruxZir Shade Guide is the latest predictable, reliable and affordable solution from Glidewell. I’m confident the new shade guide will enhance the quality of your restorative work and delight your patients, or I wouldn’t put my name on it.

Yours in health,

Jim Glidewell Signature

James R. Glidewell, CDT  |  President and CEO

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BruxZir Shade Guide

About

Unlike conventional shade guides, the BruxZir Shade Guide is created from genuine BruxZir zirconia with translucency equivalent to the BruxZir Esthetic formulation. It incorporates seven shade tabs, Z2 through Z8, which are equivalent to the most popular VITA® shades, including A1, A2, A3, A3.5, B1, C1, and D2. An additional bleach-colored tab, Z1, is also featured to offer a more complete shade lineup. The reverse side of each shade tab is designed to help you with stump shade assessment.

Benefits

  • Faster, easier, more accurate shade selection for BruxZir restorations
  • Streamline communication between lab technicians and clinicians to deliver more accurate results
  • Simplified shade selection process with the most widely used shades in dentistry

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Dentists Love the BruxZir Zirconia Shade Guide

“I’ve been using BruxZir for at least six years and it just looks different. I really like it. And I think there is a need for a different shade guide for it. I’ve used the BruxZir Shade Guide for quite a few different cases, with both BruxZir Full-Strength and BruxZir Esthetic, and I like the fact that when I use the BruxZir Shade Guide, the crowns come back perfectly matched.”
– Dr. Scott Philippi | Dayton, Ohio
– <em>Dr. Scott Philippi</em> | <em>Dayton, Ohio</em>
“When I tested out the prototype, using the zirconia shade tabs did prove really helpful for my BruxZir Esthetic cases. I think that’s because of the lifelike translucency of BruxZir Esthetic Zirconia. And I liked the simplicity of the guide. I don’t need a guide with 400 shade options. Typically, I’m prescribing from a range of a few shades. So, I think the prototype shade guide delivered some needed simplicity for shade-matching.”
– Dr. Brandon Tiek | Carmel, Indiana
– <em>Dr. Brandon Tiek</em> | <em>Carmel, Indiana</em>
“I liked the simplicity of it. When I received the BruxZir Shade Guide, I was glad to see it did not have a plethora of shades to choose from. And the shade tabs themselves looked great. I noticed the glazing of the BruxZir tabs replicated the surface of the final BruxZir restorations really well.”
Dr. Kevin Jones | Little Rock, Arkansas
<em>Dr. Kevin Jones</em> | <em>Little Rock, Arkansas</em>
“[The] BruxZir Shade Guide has an appearance that’s pleasing to the eye. Because it looks different from other shade guides, it’s easy to locate it by the staff members. If I say, ‘Throw me the BruxZir guide,’ my staff will immediately know which shade guide is needed. That’s important too.”
– Dr. Adam Goldberg | Augusta, Georgia
– <em>Dr. Adam Goldberg</em> | <em>Augusta, Georgia</em>
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“I’ve been using BruxZir for at least six years and it just looks different. I really like it. And I think there is a need for a different shade guide for it. I’ve used the BruxZir Shade Guide for quite a few different cases, with both BruxZir Full-Strength and BruxZir Esthetic, and I like the fact that when I use the BruxZir Shade Guide, the crowns come back perfectly matched.”
– Dr. Scott Philippi | Dayton, Ohio
– <em>Dr. Scott Philippi</em> | <em>Dayton, Ohio</em>
“When I tested out the prototype, using the zirconia shade tabs did prove really helpful for my BruxZir Esthetic cases. I think that’s because of the lifelike translucency of BruxZir Esthetic Zirconia. And I liked the simplicity of the guide. I don’t need a guide with 400 shade options. Typically, I’m prescribing from a range of a few shades. So, I think the prototype shade guide delivered some needed simplicity for shade-matching.”
– Dr. Brandon Tiek | Carmel, Indiana
– <em>Dr. Brandon Tiek</em> | <em>Carmel, Indiana</em>
“I liked the simplicity of it. When I received the BruxZir Shade Guide, I was glad to see it did not have a plethora of shades to choose from. And the shade tabs themselves looked great. I noticed the glazing of the BruxZir tabs replicated the surface of the final BruxZir restorations really well.”
Dr. Kevin Jones | Little Rock, Arkansas
<em>Dr. Kevin Jones</em> | <em>Little Rock, Arkansas</em>
“[The] BruxZir Shade Guide has an appearance that’s pleasing to the eye. Because it looks different from other shade guides, it’s easy to locate it by the staff members. If I say, ‘Throw me the BruxZir guide,’ my staff will immediately know which shade guide is needed. That’s important too.”
– Dr. Adam Goldberg | Augusta, Georgia
– <em>Dr. Adam Goldberg</em> | <em>Augusta, Georgia</em>
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Dr. Taylor Manalili uses the BruxZir Shade Guide in her practice with every zirconia restoration she prescribes.

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