I have a question on e-max ingot choice. I am doing for lower anterior shade A2. They are going to be small. Should I use the A2 Lt or the A2 Ht. I would rather not cut back because they are small and need all the room I can get. Please advice.
Thanks
Hi Labwoman, I would not use Ht. unless you are doing all 6. There is a good chance it will look like a root canal tooth. Even if the prep shade is very light Ht will pick up grey form the oral cavity shadow.
Lt on the other hand will probably come out too high in value, but most times that is acceptable.
I used to press and stain alot for lower ants but after seeing a few in the mouth I layer them.
What I do now is rather than cut back, I wax them just slightly short on the occ. and keep my facial contour flat. I wax my contacts in the core material.
Than I only layer a small amount on the incisal edge and add mesial and distal lobes and height of contour on the gin area in incisal porc. Filling out the areas I waxed flat.
It dosent take much incisal but it makes a big difference buy knocking down the high value.
This is an A2.