Lodestar is a clinically proven silver-free reduced gold ceramic alloy demonstrating outstanding properties.
Advantages
- Clinically proven
- Extra hard
- Wide range of indications
- Excellent resistance to oral conditions
- Certified biocompatibility
Indications
- Onlays
- Inlays
- Partial crowns
- Single crowns
- Telescope and conus crowns
- Root canal posts
- Short- and long-span bridges
- Implant superstructures
- Model casts
Composition
Au 51.5
Pd 38.5
In 8.5
Ga 1.5
Ru < 1.0
Re < 1.0
Technical data
Type 4
Colour white
Density (g/cm³) 13.7
Melting range (°C) 1215 - 1290
Casting temperature (°C) 1350 - 1410
Modulus of Elasticity (MPa) 98.000
CTE 25 – 500 °C 14.1
CTE 20 – 600 °C 14.3
Elongation (%) 20.0
Vickers hardness 240
0.2% proof stress (MPa) 495