$123.00

• Includes 3 bleached shades: 0M1, 0M2, 0M3 for whitening
• 16 classical A1-D4 shades plus bleached shade extension
• Bleached shades support whitening planning and monitoring
• Improved autoclavable holder; wider metal retention tabs
• Internationally recognized; ceramics, composites, veneers
• Quantity: 1 per Unit

VITA Classical Shade Guide, A1-D4, with Bleached Shades is used for tooth shade determination and tooth whitening planning and monitoring in restorative, prosthodontic, and cosmetic dental practices where the complete 16-shade classical A1-D4 reference system is extended with three VITA Bleached Shade tabs at 0M1, 0M2, and 0M3 to give clinicians a standardized reference for the lighter-than-natural tooth shades that bleaching treatments produce and that the standard A1-D4 guide cannot match against bleached dentition. The three bleached shade tabs derived from the VITA SYSTEM 3D-MASTER fill the shade gap between the lightest classical shade at A1 and the fully bleached tooth color range, providing clinicians with a documented, standardized reference point for communicating bleached shade targets to the laboratory, monitoring whitening progress across treatment appointments, and selecting restorative shades for patients who have completed or are planning bleaching treatment before final restoration placement.

Restorative dentists, prosthodontists, and cosmetic practitioners who perform or plan around in-office and take-home whitening treatments and require a shade guide that covers both natural and bleached shade ranges in a single clinical instrument find the VITA Classical with Bleached Shades the complete shade selection tool that covers their full patient shade range without requiring a second guide specifically for whitening patients. ? Each unit is a single complete shade guide including all 16 A1-D4 classical shade tabs and the three bleached shade tabs clipped to the improved holder in the G027CBS configuration. The improved holder is constructed from stronger material than previous-generation VITA Classical guides, allowing the complete guide including holder and all 19 tabs to be processed through standard steam autoclave cycles for infection control compliance between clinical uses. Wider metal tabs on the improved version provide greater mechanical retention in the holder slots, reducing tab displacement during active shade matching when individual tabs are removed and held against the patient's tooth for direct comparison. ? VITA Classical Shade Guide with Bleached Shades works through the same internationally established 16-shade A1-D4 shade tab reference system as the standard guide, with the clinical extension of three VITA Bleached Shade tabs that cover the tooth color range above A1 in brightness and below full translucency that results from whitening treatment on natural dentition.

Bleached shade tabs 0M1, 0M2, and 0M3 represent progressively lighter whitened shade levels derived from the scientifically developed VITA SYSTEM 3D-MASTER color space, providing a clinically reproducible reference set for the whitened shade range that the empirically organized A1-D4 system did not anticipate in its original formulation. For pre-treatment whitening shade selection, the bleached tabs establish the target shade the patient wishes to achieve and document the starting point shade for comparison across the whitening treatment sequence. For post-whitening restoration planning, the bleached tabs allow the clinician to match the restorative shade specification sent to the laboratory to the actual post-whitening tooth color the patient presents rather than defaulting to the A1 classical shade that may no longer be the lightest shade match in a whitened dentition. ? Restorative dentists who routinely perform whitening treatment before finalizing composite or ceramic restorations find the bleached shade tabs allow post-whitening shade selection to be documented precisely before final restoration fabrication, reducing the shade discrepancy between the whitened natural teeth and the completed restoration that occurs when only the classical A1 shade is available as the lightest reference point.

Cosmetic dentists managing full-smile makeovers involving simultaneous whitening and veneers or crowns find the bleached shade tabs provide the laboratory communication precision needed to coordinate whitened natural tooth shade with ceramic veneer fabrication shade across the same treatment sequence. Orthodontists and general practitioners monitoring whitening outcomes find the bleached tabs provide a standardized reference for comparing shade at successive whitening appointments. ? VITA Classical Shade Guide, A1-D4, with Bleached Shades gives dental practices the complete internationally recognized 16-shade classical shade system extended with three VITA Bleached Shade tabs for whitening planning and monitoring, in an improved autoclavable holder with wider metal retention tabs covering ceramics, composites, veneers, crowns, and implant restorations across natural and whitened shade ranges. For dental offices ordering shade guide equipment for restorative, cosmetic, and whitening practices, the VITA Classical with Bleached Shades delivers the complete shade range that natural and whitened dentition shade matching requires in a single autoclavable instrument.