Digital dental shade guide
Your operatory light changes all day. Your eyes get tired by five. The E220 reads the shade under its own controlled light source — VITA Classical and 3D-Master, both on one screen, in about a second.
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| Dentiphoto E220 | Shade Tabs By Eye | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | $399 Once, No Software | $59–$89 Guide Plus Your Judgment |
| Time Per Shade | About One Second | 30–90 Seconds Of Second-Guessing |
| Room Light | Own Light Source, Ambient Compensation | Window, Lamp And Hour Change The Call |
| Repeatability | Same Number Every Read | Differs Between Clinicians And Hours |
| Eye Fatigue | Does Not Affect The Reading | Affects Every Call After Five |
| What The Lab Gets | 3D-Master + Classical + Deviation | A Tab Name |
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Summary:
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. $399 instead of $3,000.
01 / objective and fast
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.
02 / controlled light
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.
03 / both vita systems
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.
04 / deviation, not just a name
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.
05 / nothing to set up
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.
06 / pre-order
Same device, our name on the housing, our warranty behind it. Dentiphoto has shipped equipment to dentists more than ten thousand times; this is the first instrument we've put our own brand on. The first branded batch is limited and ships September 15. Pre-order price is $399 against a $599 list price after the batch.
Ships September 15 · Free tracked shipping · 30-day money-back
The arithmetic
2 shade remakes a month
× $250 a case
$6,000
gone in a year
07 / the arithmetic
A shade remake costs the lab fee a second time, the chair time a second time, a second appointment for the patient, and a conversation you'd rather not have. Most dentists put that somewhere between $150 and $400 per case. The device is $399, once.
08 / repeatability
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.
09 / a second opinion
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.
10 / 30 days at your chair
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. CE certified medical device, one-year Dentiphoto warranty, support answers within 24 hours, parcel insured in transit.
Pre-order — Dentiphoto Edition
VITA Classical & 3D-Master · ~1-second reading · own light source
Ships September 15 · Free tracked shipping · 30-day money-back
Need several for the practice? Write to support@dentiphoto.com and we'll issue a single invoice.
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 pre-ordered the Dentiphoto Edition for our second operatory.
The 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 pre-order.
I'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 pre-order. I would much rather buy a clinical tool from a dental company I already know than take a chance on another generic listing. Really looking forward to putting it into our daily workflow.
I'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 ΔE on one screen. No extra work for the assistants. That's exactly why I pre-ordered.
We ordered a fixed number of units for the first Dentiphoto-branded run. When they're reserved, the next batch ships in November at the $599 list price. Pre-orders are filled in the order they're placed.
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Dentiphoto Edition · $399
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