Welll...
The newer Zrs are pretty, but just as they don't all look the same, theres not one that's going to work in all cases. I do quite a few FCZ in the anterior now, but that's depending on what I see. Sometimes I can get one of mine (3) that I use to be a decent match, but Ive got to see the patient to know the subtleties of what Im trying to match. I can do a minimal layer to get some extra effects (and extra money
),but its usually my bottle of clear Im reaching for.
I still have some that prescribe e.max, but knowing my accounts, that doesn't mean LD. Theyre saying they are willing to pay and want the max in esthetics. that's when I get razor sharp margins with my Zr frames and wax-n-press some e.max on it. ZirPress that is. Its a dance. I have tools to meet the job. I just knocked the socks off a Dr and his pt with a fullZr anterior bridge. 'Perfect" I believe was the word.
There was nothing more I could have done with glass. It matched.
If you don't get to see the patient and the Dr asks for A-2 on every case, then how muck work are you going to do to get it to match...What? You know that most shades aren't actually what you would have selected had you seen the patient.