Polychromatic Shade™ — Everything You Need to Know

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Currently available for anterior zirconia crowns in shades A1,A2,A3, & A3.5.

What is Polychromatic Shade™? 

Polychromatic Shade™ is Dandy's breakthrough innovation in crown aesthetics. Leveraging advanced digital design and a patented manufacturing process, it builds color dimensionally across the crown — delivering seamless color transitions, natural incisal translucency, and optical depth that rivals natural teeth. The result is porcelain aesthetics on high-strength 3Y zirconia.

 

Polychromatic Shade Eligibility

Polychromatic Shade™ is being made available to certain shades and case types in Summer 2026. If you don't see the option in your ordering flow, you should soon.

  • Material: Zirconia Monolithic, Zirconia Translucent Aesthetic
  • Case Types: 
    • Anterior Only (Posterior coming soon)
    • Single Unit Crowns (Can be multi-unit cases)
    • Bridges NOT available yet. Coming soon
  • Shades Available: A1, A2, A3, A3.5

Ordering Polychromatic Shade

Follow normal checkout procedures  (See Crown and Bridge Case Checkout for more) - if eligible, the option will be indicated next to the shade value.

 

Frequently Asked Questions

How does Polychromatic Shade™ work? Traditional aesthetic crowns rely on skilled ceramists who hand-stain each unit — a time-intensive process that increases costs to $300–$400 per crown. Polychromatic Shade™ replicates that master-level result through a digitally driven, multi-phase shading system that is proprietary and exclusive to Dandy. No hand-painting. No compromise on quality.

How much does it cost? A zirconia crown with Polychromatic Shade™ will be the same prices as a standard Dandy zirconia crown. You get premium aesthetics without having to choose between quality and cost.

When will this be available? Polychromatic Shade™ will be available for single-unit zirconia crowns in shades A1, A2, A3, & A3.5 starting with anterior crowns and then coming to posterior crown cases. Because this is a new technology, we are rolling it out carefully with strict quality controls. Bridges and implant restorations will come in the near future.

Is it available for custom shades? Not yet — custom shade support is coming in 2026. In the meantime, if shade matching is a concern, we recommend our Shade Remake Killer service, which sends you three crowns with slightly different shades so you can find the perfect fit. It has a 97% success rate

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