Joaquim Meier, MDT, reports on his everyday experiences with oxide ceramic, CAD/CAM and tooth esthetics. He discusses monolithic zirconia as material for supporting esthetics and long-term success; the advantages and disadvantages, clinical application and contraindication of monolithic zirconia; special features of monolithic zirconia in terms of hardness and abrasion; virtual planning of monolithic cases with data on jaw movement, virtual articulation and CAD modeling; Zolid as translucent subframe for stratification technique; and more.