Zirconia
Solid Zirconia is a full contoured zirconia restoration with no porcelain overlay. While Zirconia is more brawn than beauty, you’ll be impressed by its esthetics when prescribed instead of metal occlusal PFMs and full-cast metal restorations. Virtually unbreakable, it is an ideal restoration for bruxers and grinders.Designed and milled using CAD/CAM technology, Zirconia crowns and bridges are sintered for 6.5 hours at 1,530°C. The final Zirconia crown or bridge emerges “nearly bulletproof” and is glazed to a smooth surface.
Benefits for Your Patient
Cementation
The only way to successfully remove these phosphate groups from the interior of a Zirconia restoration is with the use of Ivoclean (Ivoclar Vivadent). This zirconia oxide solution is placed inside the restoration for 20 seconds and then rinsed out. Due to the large concentration of free zirconia oxide in the Ivoclean, it acts as a sponge and binds to the phosphate groups that were previously bonded to the restoration. Once the Ivoclean is rinsed out, you will have a fresh bonding surface for the Monobond Plus, Z-Prime Plus or Ceramir to bond to.
Benefits for Your Patient
- Chip-resistant, as it is made of full zirconia with no porcelain overlay
- Glazed to a smooth surface to reduce plaque accumulation
Cementation
- Resin reinforced glass ionomer cement (RelyX Luting Cement, 3M ESPE; GCFuji Plus, GC America)
- Resin cements for short or over-tapered preparations (RelyX Unicem, 3M ESPE; Panavia F2.0, Kuraray)
The only way to successfully remove these phosphate groups from the interior of a Zirconia restoration is with the use of Ivoclean (Ivoclar Vivadent). This zirconia oxide solution is placed inside the restoration for 20 seconds and then rinsed out. Due to the large concentration of free zirconia oxide in the Ivoclean, it acts as a sponge and binds to the phosphate groups that were previously bonded to the restoration. Once the Ivoclean is rinsed out, you will have a fresh bonding surface for the Monobond Plus, Z-Prime Plus or Ceramir to bond to.