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Choices of Restorations

Universal Dental Laboratories Ltd. has developed the following chart to enhance the efficiency of your clinic. By reviewing the information below, you will easily be able to select some of the more popular restorations that best suit your patient’s circumstances.

  Indications Preparation Requirement Cementation Contraindications

IPS Empress®

  • crowns
  • veneers
  • inlays / onlays

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  • bonding
  • dual cure cement
  • recommend (Variolink® II)
  • not for severely discoloured tooth structure or over unopaqued metal post

e.max®

  • crowns
  • 3-unit anterior bridges
    (up to 2nd premolar)

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  • bonding
  • dual cure cement
  • recommend (Variolink® II)
  • insufficient preparation
  • insufficient space in the join area for bridges
  • posterior bridge
  • pontic span too long

Lava Zirconia™

  • crowns
  • bridges (span up to 60mm)
  • inlays / onlays
  • zinc phosphate
  • glass lonomer
  • adhesive resin cement
  • recommend RelyX Unicem Universal Resin Cement
  • Insufficient preparation
  • too many pontics in between abutments
  • over unopaqued silver colour metal post

Lava Zirconia™

  • Maryland bridge
  • recommend 3M ESPE RelyX ARC adhesive resin cement

Porcelain Fuse to Metal

  • crowns
  • telescopic crowns
  • bridges
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