$83.86

• 16 shades: A1-A4, B1-B4, C1-C4, D2-D4 shade families
• Internationally established reference standard shade system
• Improved autoclavable holder; wider metal retention tabs
• Covers ceramics, composites, veneers, crowns, implants
• Supports clinic-to-lab shade communication and matching
• Quantity: 1 per Unit

VITA Classical Shade Guide, A1-D4, 16 Shades is indicated for tooth shade determination in restorative, prosthodontic, and cosmetic dental procedures where the internationally established 16-shade classical reference system provides the clinician with a standardized, universally recognized set of shade samples for matching the natural tooth color of composite resins, porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns, all-ceramic restorations, veneers, and implant-supported prosthetic components to the adjacent and opposing natural dentition. Organized across four chromatic shade families, A1 through A4 in the reddish-brownish range, B1 through B4 in the reddish-yellowish range, C1 through C4 in the greyer range, and D2 through D4 in the reddish-grey range, the VITA Classical Shade Guide covers the full spectrum of natural human tooth shade variation encountered in general and specialty restorative practice, providing a complete shade matching reference in a single handheld guide that clinicians can compare directly against the patient's natural dentition at chairside under standardized or natural light conditions.

Restorative dentists, prosthodontists, and dental laboratory technicians who work within the VITA Classical shade system find the A1-D4 guide the universally accepted shade communication tool that connects the clinical shade selection step to the laboratory fabrication step without ambiguity or shade interpretation variation between the referring practice and the receiving laboratory. ? Each unit is a single VITA Classical Shade Guide in the improved version featuring a new holder constructed from stronger material than previous generations, which allows the complete guide including the holder body and all 16 shade tabs to be processed through standard steam autoclave cycles for infection control compliance between clinical uses. Wider metal tabs on the improved version increase the mechanical retention of each tab in its holder slot, reducing the tab displacement and handling instability that narrower tab designs produce during active shade matching when tabs are individually removed and held against teeth for comparison. Product code G027C identifies the standard A1-D4 shade guide without bleached shade extensions, distinguishing it from the G027CBS version that includes the three VITA Bleached Shade samples for whitening treatment planning. ? VITA Classical Shade Guide works by providing 16 individually removable fired ceramic shade tabs, each representing a specific standardized tooth color within the four-family shade organization, that the clinician compares directly against the patient's natural tooth surface under consistent lighting conditions to identify the closest matching shade designation for the restoration being planned or verified.

Shade tabs are arranged on the holder in the four chromatic family groupings that allow systematic shade selection by progressing through value, chroma, and hue variables across the shade sequence rather than comparing all 16 tabs simultaneously, supporting a faster, more accurate shade selection process than random tab-by-tooth comparison. The shade tabs are fabricated in fired ceramic to match the optical behavior and translucency characteristics of the porcelain and ceramic restoration materials that laboratories use in fabrication, ensuring that the chairside shade selection under natural tooth light produces a shade communication to the laboratory that accurately represents the target color for the final restoration. ? Restorative dentists selecting shades for direct composite restorations, ceramic inlay and onlay cases, and single-unit crown preparations find the A1-D4 guide covers the shade range of natural adult dentition across their full patient population. Prosthodontists planning full-arch ceramic and implant-supported restorations find the classical shade system provides the consistent, laboratory-recognized shade reference that fabrication technicians across all major dental laboratory workflows are calibrated to receive and reproduce.

Dental assistants managing chairside shade matching find the improved autoclavable holder allows the guide to be sterilized between patients without tab damage or holder degradation across repeated autoclave cycles. ? VITA Classical Shade Guide, A1-D4, 16 Shades gives dental practices the internationally recognized, universally used 16-shade classical tooth color reference system in an improved autoclavable holder with wider metal retention tabs, covering the full range of natural tooth shade variation across four chromatic families for ceramics, composites, veneers, crowns, and implant restorations in a single handheld guide. For dental offices ordering shade guide equipment for restorative and prosthodontic shade matching, VITA Classical A1-D4 delivers the shade accuracy, laboratory communication precision, and clinical reliability that professional-grade restorative esthetics requires.