INDICATIONS
IPS e.max®
- Single or multiple-unit esthetic cases
- Up to 3-unit bridge, including 1st molars
- Short prep requiring a bonded restoration
- Patient with very translucent teeth
- Especially bleach shades
- All veneer cases
- Patient with high esthetic demands
Porcelain Fused to Zirconia (PFZ)
- Single-unit crown
- Multi-unit bridge
- Dark stump shade
- Metal post
- Combination case (excludes attachments)
- anterior
- posterior
- Patient with high aesthetic demands
SCULPTURE Full-Countour Zirconia
- Bruxism
- Crown
- Bridge of any size
- Anterior
- except when translucency is of primary concern
- Posterior
- In/lay or on/lay
- Chamfer or shoulder margin
- feather margins are OK as long as there is not an undercut or any parallel axial walls which would require a slight taper in preparation
CONTRAINDICATIONS
IPS e.max®
- Splint
- 4-unit bridge or larger
- Stump shade
- two or more shades darker than final restoration
- metal post
Porcelain Fused to Zirconia (PFZ)
- Attachment case
- Case with limited clearance
- less than 1mm
- Case that requires bonding
- veneer
- Patent with a habit of bruxing
- Patient who has broken a PFM crown in the past
SCULPTURE Full-Contour Zirconia
- Attachment case
- Short clinical prep