, Tokuyama’s growing collection of DPS Best Products includes all 3 members of the OMNICHROMA family—a team of composite materials that matches every color of tooth with a single shade, , ,Exactly 4 years ago, as the Chicago Dental Society kicked off its 154th Midwinter Meeting, the dental world stole its first glance at a brand-new composite material from Tokuyama Dental. With its iridescent
packaging and daring promise to match every tooth color with a single shade, OMNICHROMA seemed too good to be true., ,Some dentists were skeptical. After stocking and dis-carding dozens of different composite shades, it seemed impossible that one shade could do the job of 20 or 30. This was one of those things you had to see to believe—which is exactly what happened to Dr. James Peyton., ,“In early 2019 when OMNICHROMA first came to market, I got a visit from Ichi Yamada, the COO at Tokuyama, who drove out to my practice with samples of different colored teeth,” recalled Dr. Peyton. “He told me to try this new material out, and after we cured the teeth, he asked me what I noticed. I said, ‘The colors match. What’s going on?’”, ,The Secret of Shade Matching, ,At the heart of OMNICHROMA is Smart Chromatic Technology, which allows the composite to create the 
perfect shade match from A1 to D4. Researchers at Tokuyama discovered the technology while developing Estelite Omega and quickly got to work researching ways to develop a new composite material with excellent opalescence., ,“In the course of our research, we discovered that spherical fillers with a specific particle size have the ability to generate a specific color tone, and that’s what sparked the initial idea of OMNICHROMA,” said Hironobu Akizumi, research manager at the Tsukuba Research Laboratory of Tokuyama Dental., ,OMNICHROMA’s uniformly sized supranano spherical fillers generate red-to-yellow color as ambient light passes through the composite, which then combines with the reflected color of the patient’s surrounding dentition. This small particle size distribution also allows for superior mechanical properties and exceptional polishability., , ,A Fan Favorite, ,With excellent handling, high wear resistance, and the freedom to restore any cavity class, 
OMNICHROMA is now the only composite Dr. Peyton will use. “I literally restore everything with OMNICHROMA—even things I didn’t think would be possible, such as diastema closures, Class IV fractures, and veneers,” he said. “Every time I try it, I am amazed at the results.”, ,Equally amazed with OMNICHROMA is Stephanie Vondrak, DDS, who maintains 3 practices in Elkhorn, NE. Frustrated with the tedious and time-consuming process of testing and layering different composite colors, she found relief in OMNICHROMA’s ability to match every one of the 16 VITA classical shades., ,“The first time I tried OMNICHROMA was on a particularly challenging Class IV restoration,” she said, adding that the patient had hit her tooth on a coffee table and broken off a large chunk. “The rebuild went much faster than I expected, and I was able to achieve a natural look that the patient was happy with. I knew right away that this material was going to be a game changer.”, ,Dr. Vondrak also noted that, because OMNICHROMA uses structural color, if patients decide to whiten their teeth after she’s shade matched to their original color, the new, whiter shade will automatically be reflected., ,A supplementary material, OMNICHROMA BLOCKER can be used in conjunction with OMNICHROMA as a lingual layer to prevent shade-matching interference in large Class III and IV restorations. “Even if you run into a dark tooth or a large diastema closure,” said Dr. Peyton, “you can use OMNICHROMA BLOCKER to cover dark areas, get rid of translucency, or hide fracture lines.”, ,Go with the OMNICHROMA Flow, ,Expanding single-shade technology even further, the second member of the OMNICHROMA family, OMNICHROMA Flow, features the same shade-matching benefits as the original, but with a flowable
consistency that addresses a wider range of restorative needs., ,“I’ve had the opportunity to use every single- and limited-shade product on the market,” noted cosmetic dentist and lecturer Peter Auster, DMD, adding that what makes Tokuyama’s version unique is that its R&D team spent over 20 years experimenting with structural color chemistry before OMNICHROMA came to market., ,“OMNICHROMA Flow has become my go-to material for repairing provisional restorations or filling in voids from air bubbles at the incisal edge or gingival margin of a prep,” he added. “Because it blends with virtually every shade of acrylic in a similar way as it does with tooth structure, our office cuts down on waste, potential cross-contamination of multiple shades, and the expense of stocking enough flowable shades to match every shade of temporary restoration.”, ,Dr. Auster feels that OMNICHROMA Flow is highly polishable and stain resistant, with minimal polymerization shrinkage. “It is a welcome addition to a ‘less is more’ philosophy that has the potential to reduce expense and waste while creating a superior shade match and excellent results,” he concluded., ,
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