Shofu has developed NCC,™ the Natural Color Concept, as the most technologically advanced approach to dental color and visual shade taking. Taking correct shades visually and achieving superior esthetic results, begins with having the correct color components to work with. Years of research by Makoto Yamamoto resulted in color correct shade tabs that correspond to natural teeth, and materials that are capable of closely matching the shade tabs and natural tooth characteristics, i.e. opalescence, fluorescence, hue, value, wear abrasion, etc.

The NCC system offers a simplified step-by-step approach for visual shade taking with expanded chroma, hue, and value options. The NCC user is capable of quickly understanding an approach to identify a range of over 200 shade combinations.