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FAQ
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What is the shelf life of OMNICHROMA and BLOCKER?
The shelf life of OMNICHROMA and BLOCKER is 3 years from date of manufacture.
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How should OMNICHROMA and BLOCKER be stored?
For optimal performance, please store product in a cool, dark space kept at a temperature between 32-77 degrees.
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Is OMNICHROMA and BLOCKER available in compules?
Yes, OMNICHROMA and BLOCKER are available in compules or PLTs (pre-loaded tips) as well as syringes. Refill sizes are: 4gs per Syringe Refill or (20×0.2g) per PLT refill.
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What is OMNICHROMA’s fill weight?
OMNICHROMA contains 79% (68% by volume) and BLOCKER contains 82% (71% by volume) by weight of spherical silica-zirconia filler and composite filler.
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How does the color match work? What is structural color?
Structural Color Technology is a replication of structural color, a naturally occurring phenomenon seen in morpho butterflies, peacocks, surfaces of CDs, bubbles, etc. When different wavelengths of light are amplified or weakened by the structure of the material itself, the material will express colors other than what the material may actually be.
For example, if we strip away the light and magnify the surface of a peacock feather, they appear brown. However, when we see the feather naturally, the light is manipulated and our eyes perceive it as the beautiful, metallic looking blues and greens. OMNICHROMA is the first composite to utilize structural color science rather than rely on dyes and pigments to color-match. -
What’s the depth of cure? What if I have a really deep restoration?
OMNICHROMA’s recommended depth of cure is the standard 2mm. OMNICHROMA works just like any composite you have previously used, just simplified. To restore cavities of more than 2 mm depth, you can work in layers.
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Do you recommend OMNICHROMA more for anterior or posterior?
Because of OMNICHROMA’s supra-nano spherical fillers, OMNICHROMA has the strength and durability needed for posterior restorations, as well as the polishabilty and esthetics suited for anterior restorations. OMNICHROMA is truly a universal one-shade composite.
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Do I have to use your bonding agent?
No, any bonding system designed for use with resin composites works well with OMNICHROMA. However, we do recommend our self-etch, self-curing bonding agent, Tokuyama Universal Bond. It is a two component self-cured dental adhesive system for direct and indirect restorations. Tokuyama Universal Bond satisfies ALL three applications for universal bonding agent as defined by Dental Advisor:
- Compatible with different etching techniques: total-, self-, or selective-etch mode
- Compatible with dual- and self-cured materials without the use of a separate activator
- Can be used as a primer for silica-based and metallic restorations
Visit http://universalbond.tokuyama-us.com/ to learn more.
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What happens if the tooth gets bleached/changes color later?
Due to OMNICHROMA’s Structural Color Technology, OMNICHROMA will always adapt to shade of the tooth structure it is bonded to. So, whether your patient’s teeth darken over time or if they want to bleach, OMNICHROMA will shade-match the changing teeth. There is no need to replace the composite!
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What cases is OMNICHROMA not suited for?
There are no case OMNICHROMA is not suited for. It is truly a universal one-shade composite.
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Is there a shade that you do not recommend OMNICHROMA for?
There is no shade that we do not recommend for OMNICHROMA because it matches to the natural red-to-yellow color spectrum that all teeth possess. As long as there is surrounding tooth structure OMNICHROMA can be bonded to, OMNICHROMA will be able to reflect the shade. In cases where there is little to no surrounding tooth structure, we recommend using OMNICHROMA BLOCKER.
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Will OMNICHROMA shade-match to extreme bleached shades or extreme dark/stained shades?
OMNICHROMA has the capability to shade-match to the full range of color that human teeth display. In cases where the tooth shade is outside of the red-to-yellow range of teeth shades, we emphasize technique and comfortability in working with OMNICHROMA in order to do so. Because OMNICHROMA reflects the red-to-yellow range of teeth shades, we cannot guarantee a perfect shade-match if the patient’s shade is on the extreme on either side of the spectrum.
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What is BLOCKER? How does it work? Do I have to have to use it in order for OMNICHROMA to work?
You do not have to use BLOCKER in most cases for OMNICHROMA to work.
BLOCKER is a supplementary material to be used in conjunction with OMNICHROMA as a lingual layer to prevent shade-matching interference in certain cases, such as extensive class III and IV restorations. OMNICHROMA BLOCKER can also be used to mask staining, dark dentin, or to reconstruct a highly opaque tooth.
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Do OMNICHROMA and BLOCKER contain BPAs?
No. OMNICHROMA and BLOCKER are BPA-FREE.
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Do OMNICHROMA and BLOCKER contain Bis-GMAs?
OMNICHROMA does not contain Bis-GMAs, however BLOCKER does.
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Structural Color Give Life to Restorations
Dr. Newton Fahl
The Do’s and Don’t’s of Single-Shade Composites in the Smile Zone
Dr. Kevin Brown
Dr. Neville Hatfield
Choose Simple, Improve your Day
Dr. Stephanie Vondrak
Defying Inflation with a Single Shade
By Dr. Peter Auster
Totally Simplified Color Matching – Single Shade Direct Composite
Dr. Bob Lowe
Simplify Your Routine: Become More Efficient & More Profitable With Your Restorative Dentistry
Dr. Joshua Austin
Technique Guide to Basic Layering with an Omnichromatic Universal Composite
Dr. Michael Teitelbaum
State of the ART: Composite Dentistry Answers, 2020
Dr. Peter Auster
Special Patients – Special Care
Dr. Mark L. Cannon
Are You Using the Best Composite for Your Practice?
Dr. Mark Kleive
The New Nuts and Bolts of Direct Composite Artistry
Dr. Ian Shuman
Advancements in Composite Resin Material Enable Streamline Direct Restoration Process
Kevin M. Brown, DDS and Greg Gillespie, DDS
Simplifying Complex Anterior Direct Composites with a Single Shade Composite System
Kevin M. Brown, DDS
Health-Centered Dentistry: Live it, Love it, Build it!
Stephanie Vondrak, DDS
Evaluations
OMNICHROMA (2020 Product Award)
OMNICHROMA Evaluation by Dental Advisor
OMNICHROMA Evaluation by DPS
University Studies
Shade-Matching Capacity of Omnichroma in Anterior Restorations
Dental Research Administration, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, USA
Media
The Do’s and Don’t’s of Single-Shade Composites in the Smile Zone
By Dr. Kevin Brown
Dr. Auster DE “Anterior Composite Artistry – Simplified vs. Layered
By Dr. Pamela Maragliano-Muniz
Ebook: How a Single-Shade Direct Composite Unlocks the Secrets of Color Matching
By Tokuyama Dental America, American Dental Association
Color and Light: Direct Composite Artistry
By Tokuyama Dental America, Inside Dentistry
Brian Gray, DDS – Tokuyama OMNICHROMA
By Dr. Brian Gray, Dr. Mike DiTolla, Inside Dentistry’s Product Talk
3 reasons why OMNICHROMA should be in your practice
By Emily Collins (Tokuyama Dental), Dental Products Report
Best of Class 2019: Cellerant Awards
Cellerant Group’s Panel of Judges, Cellerant Consulting Group, Inside Dentistry
Just One ‘Shade’ with Endless Possibilities
By Tokuyama Dental, Dental Product Shopper
Tokuyama’s Groundbreaking Omnichroma Composite
By Dr. Peter Auster, Dentistry Today
OMNICHROMA: Every shade, one choice
By Dr. John Flucke and Dr. Peter Auster, Dental Products Report
Articles
By Dr. Robert Rosenfeld
Pediatric Composite Restoration – Efficiency, Efficacy, and Excellence
By Dr. Carla Cohn, Inside Dentistry
Save Money & Time With a Single-Shade Composite
By Dr. Kevin Brown & Dr. Juan Uribe, Dental Products Report
By Dr. Stephanie Vondrak, Dental Product Shopper
By Dr. Kevin Brown, Dental Product Shopper
By Dr. Randy Halihan
OMNICHROMA: The Long-term Performance of A Single-shade Universal Composite
By Tokuyama Dental America
Pediatric Composite Restoration—Efficiency, Efficacy, and Excellence
By Dr. Carla Cohn, Inside Dentistry
By Dr. James Peyton, Dental Product Shopper
A Simplified Approach to Esthetic Layering of Composite Resins in the Anterior Zone
By Dr. Kevin Brown, Compendium
Simplified Layering Technique Offers Excellent Esthetics
By Dr. Kevin M. Brown, Decisions in Dentistry
An Answer to the Gray Screw-Hole Conundrum
By Dr. Peter Auster, Pomona, NY, Dentistry Today
Match Tooth Shade Post Bleaching: Following up With Restorative Cases
By Dr. Robert Rosenfeld, Dental Products Report
OMNICHROMA® Restorations Highly Stable at 2 Years, Dentist Finds
By Dr. James Chae, Compendium
The clinical and practice benefits of a single-shade composite system
By Dr. Pamela Maragliano-Muniz, Dental Economics
How to Shade Match Post Bleach: Yesterday’s Challenge, Today’s Solution
By Dr. Robert Rosenfeld, Dental Products Report
OMNICHROMA Procedure With Dr. Kevin Brown: Class IV Fracture, Tooth #9, with Mylar Strip
By Dr. Kevin Brown, Dentistry Today
How to Use a Single-Shade Composite System in an Indirect Application
By Dr. Kevin Brown
Class V color-matching made easy
By Dr. James Peyton, Dental Economics
Universal Composite Saves Time, Simplifies Shade Matching
By Tokuyama Dental America, Decisions in Dentistry
OMNICHROMA Slashes Composite Inventory
By Tokuyama Dental America
How to enhance efficiency and predictability with composite restorations
By Dr. Mark Kleive, Dental Products Report
Revitalizing Restorations in Seniors
By Dr. Robert Rosenfeld, Dental Town
Abracadabra! The use of a single-shade direct composite to create restorations that disappear
By Dr. Douglas L. Lambert, Dental Economics
Show Your Work: Restoring Large Class III Cavities with a One-Shade Composite
By Dr. James Peyton, Dentistry Today
Restoring Large Class III Cavities with a One-Shade Composite
By Dr. James Peyton, Dental Town
By Dr. Doug Lambert, Inside Dentistry
OMNICHROMA: A Universal Composite With a Single Universal Shade
By Compendium
Overcoming Restorative Challenges With Novel Single-Shade Composite: Case Reports
By Dr. Kevin Brown and Dr. Greg Gillespie, Compendium
Esthetic Anterior Space Closure
By Dr. Kevin Brown, Aegis
Transforming Direct Restorative and Cosmetic Dentistry
By Dr. Brian Gray, Dentistry Today
OMNICHROMA from Tokuyama Dental
By Dr. Michael Miyasaki, Decisions in Dentistry
One-shade universal composite redefines clinical versatility
By Dr. Michael Miyasaki, Decisions in Dentistry
Your Restoration Workflow, Simplified to One Shade
By Dr. Mark Kleive, Dentistry Today Quick Technique
Why Thousands Of Doctors Are Trusting OMNICHROMA
By Tokuyama Dental America, Oral Health Group
How to esthetically match surrounding tooth structure with a single shade
By Dr. Michael Miyasaki, Dental Products Report
Creating improved, predictable results with OMNICHROMA
By Dr. Kevin Brown, Anna Blake, Dental Products Report
Perfect Color Matching, Happier Patients
By Dr. Kevin Brown, Michael Howard, Dental Product Shopper
Totally Simplified Colour Matching: Single Shade Direct Composite
By Dr. Robert A. Lowe, Oral Health
OMNICHROMA: One Composite That Covers All Shades for an Anterior Tooth
By Dr. Robert A. Lowe, Compendium’s My Finest Case
On the Chameleon Effect on OMNICHROMA
By Dr. Sia Abai, Dental Product Shopper
How OMNICHROMA Can Make Your Practice More Efficient
By Tokuyama Dental America, Oral Health Group
One True Match for Every Patient
By Dr. Brian Gray, Dr. Mike DiTolla, Inside Dentistry’s Product Talk Highlights
How to manage shade selection and a patient’s needs
By Dr. Mark Cannon, Dental Products Report
Direct Composite Restorations in the Posterior Region
By Dr. Pamela Maragliano-Muniz, Inside Dentistry
How to match challenging shades of tooth color with OMNICHROMA
By Anna Blake
Simplified esthetic color matching with direct composite: A case report
By Dr. Robert Lowe, Dental Economics
How OMNICHROMA is making dentists’ lives easier
By Dr. Marty Jablow, Anna Blake, Dental Products Report
Universally providing the correct shade for posterior composite restorations
By Dr. Mark L. Cannon, Dental Town
Two Cases Demonstrating OMNICHROMA – A Single-Shade Structurally Colored Universal Composite
By Dr. Edwin McDonald, Dentistry Today
How to match any composite restoration shade
By Dr. Kevin Brown, Dental Products Report
Universal Composite Matches All Patients’ Tooth Shades
By Richard Gawel, Dentistry Today
By Dr. Arthur R. Volker, Dental Product Shopper
Saving valuable time in your dental practice with OMNICHROMA
By Dr. Richard Lipscomb, Anna Blake, Dental Products Report
By Dr. Joshua Austin
OMNICHROMA: One Shade to Match All Patients
By Sharon Dowd, Director of Marketing and Sales
OMNICHROMA: One shade fits all
By Tokuyama Dental America
Procedure Guide
POSTERIOR PROCEDURE GUIDE
OMNICHROMA uses a standard universal procedure. The paste is opaque-white before curing. After curing, it becomes natural in appearance and matches the color of the surrounding tooth.
ANTERIOR BLOCKER PROCEDURE GUIDE
In large Class III and IV cases, OMNICHROMA may experience shade-matching interference due to a lack of surrounding dentition. OMNICHROMA BLOCKER is a supplementary material to be used in conjunction with OMNICHROMA as a lingual layer to prevent shade-matching interference in these cases. OMNICHROMA BLOCKER can also be used to mask slight staining, or to reconstruct a highly opaque tooth.
To learn more, visit: https://omnichroma.com/us/blocker/
Blogs
Author: Kevin M. Brown, DDS, AAACD
Silicone Putty Indexes for Seamless, Flawless Results: Part II
Author: Kevin M. Brown, DDS, AAACD
Silicone Putty Indexes for Seamless, Flawless Results: Part I
Author: Kevin M. Brown, DDS, AAACD
OMNICHROMA and OMNICHROMA FLOW to tackle dark triangles and refine tooth shape.
Author: Kevin M. Brown, DDS, AAACD
Gingival Erosion – One-Shade Composites Are the Way to Go.
Author: Kevin M. Brown, DDS, AAACD
Is COVID Chipping Away at Your Chair Time?
Case images courtesy of Dr. Ross Nash, Huntersville, NC
How to Bleach Without Replacing Old Composite
An Economic Way to Complete Costly Orthodontic Treatments with Composite Veneers
Case images courtesy of Dr. Ross Nash, Huntersville, NC & Kevin M. Brown, DDS, AAACD
12 Minutes to Pain Relief and Cosmetic Nirvana
Author: Dr. Brian Gray, DDS
Cosmetic Applications for Our Pediatric Patients
Author: Dr. Carla Cohn, DMD
Incisal Edge Repair with OMNICHROMA Composite
Author: Dr. James H. Peyton, DDS, FAACD
Author: Dr. Ian Shuman, DDS, MAGD, AFAAID
Two Clinical Scenarios Where OMNICHROMA Improves Your Outcomes
Author: Dr. Pamela M. Maragliano-Muniz, DMD