The fascinating all-ceramic ingeniously combines aesthetics with flexibility, and is suitable for versatile applications and fabrication techniques. Regardless of the type of restoration needed, whether it be an efficiently fabricated monolithic posterior crown, a stable bridge, an implant-supported restoration or a highly aesthetic and elaborately customised single anterior tooth.

• Wide spectrum of applications, ranging from crowns to wide-span bridges^[2]

• Extensive fabrication possibilities: staining, cut-back and infiltration

• The One-Disc Solution simplifies stock management in the laboratory

• Very high flexural strength (1200 MPa) in the dentin zone, where bridges have to withstand the strongest forces

• For restorations on natural prepared tooth structure or on approved implant systems

• Ideal for complex cases involving gingival recession or bone loss

• Blend of two zirconium oxide raw materials (3Y-TZP and 5Y-TZP) without any layers

• Progressively increasing translucency in the incisal zone, smooth shade progression and in the cervical zone a flexural strength of 1200 MPa.

• High-end aesthetics comparable to lithium disilicate

• 4 Bleach BL shades

• 16 A-D shades

• Disc thicknesses: 14mm, 16mm, 20mm, 25mm

Due to its high mechanical stability of 1200 MPa^[4], IPS e.max ZirCAD Prime covers all major applications – from single crowns to widespan bridges. Furthermore, it allows very thin, minimally invasive restorations to be made.

• Full-contour crowns

• Full-contour 3-unit bridges

• Full-contour bridges composed of 4 or more units with max. 2 pontics

• Crown copings

• Bridge frameworks composed of 3 or more units with max. 2 pontics

MDT Vincent Fehmer (Switzerland) talks about the differences between conventional multi-layer zirconia and IPS e.max ZirCAD Prime. He mentions the smooth progression of shade and translucency within the disc in particular.

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It takes only a few steps to produce aesthetic monolithic restorations. Additional staining or a cut-back is unnecessary in most cases. Simple polishing or glazing is adequate for achieving an accurate match with the A-D shade guide. Efficiency and a low susceptibility to error are decisive benefits of the product.

• Straightforward polishing with OptraGloss or glazing with the fluorescent IPS Ivocolor glazing paste

• Reliable and reproducible process

• Minimal manual effort, yet impressive natural-looking^[1] results

• For crowns and 3-unit bridges

• For restorations of a consistently high level of aesthetic quality

• Blend of the two zirconium oxide raw materials 4Y-TZP and 5Y-TZP without any layers

• Progressively higher translucency in the incisal zone, harmonious shade progression and a flexural strength of 850 MPa^[5] in the dentine zone

• 4 Bleach BL shades 

• 16 A-D shades

• Disc thicknesses: 14mm, 16mm, 20mm

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GT Technology is the key to the seamless progression of shade^[1] and translucency within the disc and the outstanding accuracy of fit of the product. It is based on a blend of two zirconium oxide raw materials of different strengths and optical characteristics.

• Optimally coordinated shade

• Highest translucency in the incisal zone

• Highly esthetic 5Y-TZP zirconium oxide

• Flexural strength: 650 MPa^[6]

• 3mm thickness, irrespective of the disc thickness

• Seamless, layer-free transition zone

• Natural shading from dentine to enamel

• Increasing translucency in the incisal zone

• Increasing flexural strength in the cervical zone

• 4mm thickness, irrespective of the disc thickness

• Maximum stability in the tooth neck zone

• Coordinated shading and transluceny

• IPS e.max ZirCAD Prime Esthetic: high-strength 4Y-TZP zirconium oxide featuring 850 MPa^[5] flexural strength

• IPS e.max ZirCAD Prime: high-strength 3Y-TZP zirconium oxide featuring 1200 MPa^[4] flexural strength

• Hight of the dentine zone varies depending on the disc thickness 

The unique GT Technology is at the heart of IPS e.max ZirCAD Prime and IPS e.max ZirCAD Prime Esthetic. Innovative processing technology is used to manufacture the disc using a combination of two zirconium oxide raw materials (3Y-TZP or 4Y-TZP with 5Y-TZP) to produce the striking properties of the IPS e.max ZirCAD Prime material.

All IPS e.max ZirCAD Prime discs – irrespecitve of their thickness – have an incisal zone of 3mm. It is composed of an ultra-translucent 5Y-TZP zirconium oxide material. The layer-free transition zone, which is significantly responsible for the highly esthetic appearance of the material, is produced as a result of the GT Technology and it is 4mm thick. 
The thickness of the dentin zone, which is composed of 4Y-TZP (IPS e.max ZirCAD Prime Esthetic) or 5Y-TZP zirconium oxide (IPS e.max ZirCAD Prime), varies depending on the thickness of the various discs. It ranges from 7mm in the 14mm disc up to 18mm in the 25mm disc.

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