IPS Empress® Direct Effect, IPS Empress® Direct Opaque and IPS Empress® Direct Color are flowable, light-curing materials for the characterisation and customisation of direct restorations in anterior and posterior teeth.
The IPS Empress Direct Effect material allows you to faithfully imitate challenging features such as the opalescent characteristics of the natural tooth.
Effects
Accentuation of mamelons and application pf opalescent effects with IPS Empress Direct Effect Trans Opal
Photos: Dr Eduardo Mahn, Chile
IPS Empress Direct Color is used to faithfully imitate stains and other effects in direct composite resin restorations.
Effects (depending on the colour)
Inegration of enamel cracks with IPS Empress Direct Color ochre and brown
Photos: Dr Anton Lebedenko, Ivoclar, Liechtenstein
Tip: You can also use IPS Empress Direct Color to characterise indirect composite resin restorations and chairside CAD/CAM-fabricated veneers.
IPS Empress Direct Opaque is a flowable opaquer material that masks undesired discoloured tooth structure, exposed metal surfaces and core build-ups in the anterior and posterior region.
Available in a universal Opaque shade
The opaquer needs to be covered with suitable materials
Can be combined with the sculptable composite IPS Empress Direct and the other Effect materials: IPS Empress Direct Effect and IPS Empress Direct Color
Effect
Application of IPS Empress Direct Color Opaque
Photos: Final solution