ShadeWave: a Digital Shade-Matching System

ShadeWave is a patented shade-matching software program that eliminates the common challenges and pitfalls of manual shade taking, improves communication between the dental team members and reduces remakes. The cloud-based system features color-correcting software and a proprietary Shade Reference. It determines shade, translucency, value and other esthetic components, and can be used with any digital camera provided it takes clinical-quality images.

“This is a software approach to shade determination. It’s an open system so it works with any manufacturer shade guides for porcelain and zirconia and can be customized for other guides such as stump shades and gingiva. It provides real-time communication between the dentist and lab and, unlike emailing photos, it’s HIPAA-compliant and secure provided both parties have the software,” says Dennis Braunston, President of ShadeWave, who developed the system along with...