npdynamite
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I'm curious about how people go about testing new zirconia's. I'm currently testing out some multi layer materials (zirlux transitions, argen HT+ multi, and Katana HTML, possibly more) and I am getting good results. I did drop the zirlux sintering temps because I was getting too light of a shade and that was their guides recommendation for that. What I am thinking is that to ensure that I am getting my best possible result with each material I should be running each on at least two alternate programs before assuming that my first program got me the best possible results out of the setup I'm using.
What I am having a hard time with is knowing which settings I should be tweaking. It would be lovely to be able to test a range of both temps and hold times but there is a limit to how much time can be put into such a project. Right now the shades are pretty on point, there is definitely a difference across all them but they are all pretty good, one may be just a little yellow, but barely. So I would be mostly targeting seeing if there is any differences in translucency. My perception is that temp has more affect on shade and hold time has more affect on translucency, but either can affect both if pushed too far in either direction. Can anyone comment on if this is accurate? If that is accurate, how large of increments should I be using for my adjustments?
What I am having a hard time with is knowing which settings I should be tweaking. It would be lovely to be able to test a range of both temps and hold times but there is a limit to how much time can be put into such a project. Right now the shades are pretty on point, there is definitely a difference across all them but they are all pretty good, one may be just a little yellow, but barely. So I would be mostly targeting seeing if there is any differences in translucency. My perception is that temp has more affect on shade and hold time has more affect on translucency, but either can affect both if pushed too far in either direction. Can anyone comment on if this is accurate? If that is accurate, how large of increments should I be using for my adjustments?