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pulse interface staining opaque technique

Place the restoration on the master model and work out the anatomical form with all approximal and occlusal contacts.

Now Blast the whole surface with aluminum oxide using a granule size of 50 microns (20 -25psi).

The Pressed Ceramic is subsequently colored with Authentic/ Pulse stain according to the chroma and brightness value required. The colors for standard staining are depicted in the chart below.

Stains

Color
Opaque
Pellet
Stain
A1
A1
Interface 1
blue, smoke, white
B1
B1
Interface 1
010
B0
Interface 1
020
A0
Interface 1
030
A0
Interface 1
040
A1
Interface 1
A0
A0
Interface 1
smoke
A1
A1
Interface 1
smoke, blue
A2
A2
Interface 2
shade a/ white 70/ 30%
A3
A3
Interface 3
shade a/ white 50/ 50%
A3.5 A3.5 Interface 3 shade a
A4 A4 Interface 4 shade a
B1 B1 Interface 1 white
B2 B2 Interface 2 shade b/ white 50/ 50%
B3 B3 Interface 3 shade b
B4 B4 Interface 3 shade b/ orange 70/ 30%
C1 C1 Interface 1 white / black 70/ 30%
C2 C2 Interface 4 shade c
C3 C3 Interface 5 shade c
C4 C4 Interface 5 shade c/ smoke 70/ 30%
D2 D2 Interface 1 shade d
D3 D3 Interface 5 shade d/ white 50/ 50%
D4 D4 Interface 5 shade d