Dentiphoto E220 · Digital shade guide
A shade remake charges the lab fee twice and burns chair time nobody pays for. The E220 reads VITA Classical and 3D-Master in about a second — under its own light source, not the light in your operatory.
Side by side
The E220 doesn't replace your eyes. It removes the two things your eyes can't control — the light in the room and the hour of the day.
The 10 reasons
Most dentists assume the objective route means a three-thousand-dollar device, a laptop and a new workflow. It doesn't. Place the tip flat against the middle third of the facial surface, press once, read the screen. About a second — fast enough to confirm the shade on every indirect case, not only the difficult ones.
Morning window light, afternoon lamp, a long day behind your eyes — the same tooth reads differently in each. The E220 measures under its own light source and compensates for the ambient light in the room. Room lighting doesn't matter. Eye fatigue doesn't matter.
Top line: the closest VITA 3D-Master shade. Bottom line: VITA Classical, A1 to D4. Nothing to switch, nothing to convert, nothing your technician has never heard of. Your VITA guide went digital — it didn't get replaced by a scale nobody in the lab uses.
A tab name on its own hides the disagreement. The screen shows the deviation from the closest match and the second-closest shade: green when it matches, amber when it doesn't. Your lab slip says “A2, leaning A3” instead of “A2” and a phone call three days later.
Nothing to pair, nothing to update, no subscription. It charges on its base between patients — pick it up, read, put it back. 112 grams, cordless, wiped down with 75% alcohol between patients, no autoclave and no risk to the optics. Your assistant will use it correctly on day one.
Dentiphoto has shipped equipment to dentists more than ten thousand times, and the E220 is the first instrument we've put our own brand on. That means one warranty, one support team and one company to answer the phone — not a reseller pointing at a factory.
The device
A shade remake costs the lab fee a second time, the chair time a second time, and a conversation you'd rather not have. Most dentists put it between $150 and $400 a case, before the chair time. Prevent one and the device is already paid for.
Ask two colleagues and your assistant to shade the same central incisor and you'll often get three answers, each of them defensible. That isn't a skill problem — it's a light-and-eyes problem. A number ends the discussion at the chair instead of at the try-in.
Twenty years of shade matching isn't something a device replaces. But eyes have bad days, and nobody can see their own fatigue from the inside. Call the shade the way you always have, then confirm it in one second before the case leaves for the lab — not after the crown comes back wrong.
Put it next to the chair and use it on every indirect case for a month. If it never catches a shade you would have called differently, send it back and we refund it in full. No restocking fee, no argument.
Who you're buying from
Since 2019
Loupes, cameras, curing lights, photography kits. The E220 is the first instrument we've put the Dentiphoto name on — which is why the warranty and the support are ours, not a factory's.
Reading a shade under a controlled light source has been the job of instruments priced from around three thousand dollars. The E220 reads the same VITA scales for $399.
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support@dentiphoto.com is answered by the same team that ships the device.
The measurement platform is already in operatories. The Dentiphoto Edition is that platform with our brand, our warranty and our support behind it.
Dentiphoto Edition
VITA Classical & 3D-Master on one screen · reading in about a second · its own light source · 112 g · charges on its base.
Buying for the practice? Write to support@dentiphoto.com and we'll issue a single invoice.
One-time price. No software, no subscription, no per-reading fee.
From dentists
I bought the earlier shade reader from Dentiphoto and, honestly, it paid for itself pretty quickly. I still use my eye, take photos and double-check with a tab, but we've had far less A2/A3 guesswork and noticeably fewer shade-related remakes, especially on single anterior units. I've already ordered the Dentiphoto Edition for our second operatory.
Previous-generation owner · Dentiphoto EditionThe warranty is handled directly by Dentiphoto, and there is one support team instead of being bounced between a reseller and a factory. The measurement platform was already solid; now the support side finally matches it. Easy decision.
Dentiphoto Edition customerI've ordered quite a bit from Dentiphoto over the years, and their communication has always been straightforward. As soon as I saw they were putting their own name behind the shade device, I placed my order. I would much rather buy a clinical tool from a dental company I already know than take a chance on another generic listing.
Returning Dentiphoto customerI'll still make the final call with my eye, photos and the shade tab. What I want is a repeatable second opinion for those borderline anterior cases. My lab works in 3D-Master, while most of us in the office still think in Classical, and this gives us both values plus the runner-up shade and the deviation on one screen. That's exactly why I ordered it.
General dentist · Dentiphoto EditionBefore you order
Your guide gives you a tab to compare against under whatever light is in the room. The E220 measures the tooth under its own light source and returns the closest shade on both VITA systems, plus the deviation and the second-closest shade.
VITA Classical A1–D4 and VITA 3D-Master. Both appear on the screen at the same time — there's nothing to switch.
No. The device measures under its own light source and compensates for ambient light. Window, operatory lamp or overhead, the reading stays the same.
About a second. Place the tip flat against the middle third of the facial surface, perpendicular to it, slightly away from the gingival margin.
No. No pairing, no updates, no subscription. The result appears on the device screen.
Wipe the tip and housing with 75% medical alcohol before and after each patient, and put the protective cap on after the session. No autoclave — heat would damage the optics.
Every order ships with tracking and the parcel is insured in transit. Current delivery times are shown on the product page before you check out.
Only the plug on the power adapter. The device is identical; the adapter runs on 100–240 V.
Yes. 2 units at $379 each, 3 at $359, 5 or more at $319. Write to support@dentiphoto.com and we'll prepare one invoice for the practice.
Use it for 30 days on real cases. If it doesn't earn its place at the chair, send it back for a full refund — support@dentiphoto.com, answered within 24 hours.
$399 once, against $400–$1,000 every time a case has to be made twice. Thirty days at your chair to decide.
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