Excellent shade match for all-zirconia – available for open and Lava milling systems
Restorations can either be monolithic full contour or with a partial or full veneer.
- Long-span and curved bridges*
- Crowns (anterior and posterior)
- Splinted crowns up to 4 units
- Primary crowns
- Cantilever bridges*
- 3-unit inlay and onlay bridges*
- Anterior adhesive bridges (Maryland bridges)*
- Zirconia build-up for two-piece abutments
- Crowns on implant abutments*
- 3-unit bridges on two implants*
*For more details and contraindications, please see the Lava Plus zirconia Instructions for Use (PDF, 940 KB).
In order for Lava™ Plus Zirconia to obtain its desired optical properties it must allow light to pass with a minimal amount of scattering. Scattering occurs when light strikes structural defects inside the sintered Zirconia. The high quality processing of Lava™ Zirconia minimizes these effects.
This same microstructure that gives Lava Plus Zirconia its high translucency is also responsible for its high strength and fracture toughness which is a measurement of a material's ability to resist fracture.
Weaker materials overcome their strength limitation by increasing the minimum wall thickness required for the finished restoration.
Lava Plus Zirconia's high strength and toughness have translated into demonstrated clinical performance on multi-unit posterior bridges with a minimum wall thickness of 0.5mm. (PDF, 111 KB)
The average grain size of less than 0.5 µm and the material properties found in Lava Plus Zirconia yields a surface that is also kind to opposing dentition.
The same unique blend of raw materials that contributes to the Lava Plus Zirconia's excellent translucency, strength and aging stability enables the use of a Speed Sintering Cycle. This high throughput sintering schedule allows for a sintering time of 160min., without compromising strength or translucency. This allows for up to three batches a day.
The Lava™ Plus High Translucency Zirconia System includes a tailored shading system for full color control.
3M Dental makes its system for high translucency zirconia available for open-source milling. The 98mm discs are shaded with patented dyeing liquids matched to the VITA classical shade guide. The system also includes enamel liquids and special effect shades for all-zirconia restorations
Lava™ Plus High Translucency Zirconia offers the esthetics of a layered restoration in all-zirconia that allows dentists and labs to create true restorative masterpieces. Compared to other zirconias, the patented formula of Lava Plus zirconia system provides significantly higher translucency, without compromising strength.
RelyX™ Unicem 2 Cement has the best shear-bond strength to dentin and excellent shear-bond strength to enamel, providing a long-lasting and secure restoration.
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