When a zoom lens is used, the shade guide should be placed at the same plane as the tooth. Otherwise, they are not focused at the same time (Fig.4), as compared to Fig.5.

The patient prefers that the shades of 8,9 Emax crowns are matching those of the tooth #7.

Shade Selection

Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 01/10/2015, last revision 01/10/2015