Finished an IPS e.max HT veneer off a 2M2 tab that sang under the bench lamp, then under the operatory LED it flashed full 1M1 and my Kolinsky #2 sighed… Anyone else match by the north window at 3:30 and still get the ‘whiter but not brighter’ note?
And hT e.max loves to jump a value under cool LEDs; I do the final check under the doc’s actual op light and, if it reads “whiter but not brighter,” I dust a micro‑thin neutral gray over the middle third and re‑glaze to pull it back to 2M2. What Kelvin is their light?
Same here — 3:30 by the north window looks perfect, then at 4 p.m… the op LED jumps it to 1M1 and my Kolinsky sighs, . I have the doc try-in with glycerin or Variolink Esthetic Neutral and kill the overhead for 10 seconds, then I pull value down under their light with a whisper of Ivocolor Brown‑Yellow at the cervical — careful or it goes muddy. What CCT is their op light, @OP?
Quick example: I give them one sized brush and frame it as “only the lowers tonight” while the kettle boils, then have them take a 10‑second before/after with a disclosing tablet so the win is visible (ADA’s plain-English backup if they’re skeptical: https://www.ada.org/resources/research/science-and-research-institute/oral-health-topics/interdental-cleaning). If the wire spooks them, I swap to soft picks for week one and re-size at the 3‑week check — @OP, do you find the photos bump buy‑in?
Cross‑polarized check with a gray card behind the incisors kills that cool‑LED value jump; if it still reads high, I mist a micro glaze of e.max Ceram T‑Neutral with a pin of Blue/Violet on the mid‑third to drop value without nuking chroma. @lily_w98 do you bother with polar_eyes or just a clip‑on CPL?