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Summary of Advantages
  • Precision CAD/CAM system for outstanding marginal fit.
  • Superior fit relative to leading completion.
  • Fit cited as the most important attribute to doctors.
  • Proven high strength performance -1440 MPa 3-pt bend strength.
  • 5-year clinical study with 100% survival rate.
  • Natural translucency and unmatched aesthetics.
  • Patented substructure system available in 8 shades.

Precision fit, proven strength and natural aesthetics.

Every day more dentists ask their lab for the Lava brand from 3M ESPE. Lava restorations are made with Lava zirconia and are designed and milled with the innovative Lava CAD/CAM system. The combination of materials and precision milling produces a strong restoration with an excellent marginal fit..

Lava Crowns and Bridges from 3M ESPE has been established as a leading brand in CAD/CAM-produced zirconia restorations through its precise fit, proven strength and natural aesthetics.

3M has over 100 years of manufacturing excellence and more than 25 years of zirconia research and processing.

3M ESPE brings vast expertise in materials science and systems integration to create products that consistently meet the high standard that doctors and labs expect. Lava crowns and bridges from 3M ESPE.

There is a difference.

   
Backlit view shows shadowing of the PFM restoration due to the metal substructure
Metal can show over a period of time.

 
 
 
 
Lava Restorations are easy!

Clinical preparation and procedure

1. Tooth Preparation

  • Minimum tooth reduction required due to zirconia coping thickness of 0.3mm or 0.5mm
2. Impression
  • 3M ESPE Impregum penta Polyether Impression Material
  • 3M ESPE Imprint 3 VPS Impression Material
3. Temporization
  • 3M ESPE Protemp Crown
  • 3M ESPE Protemp Garant Temporization Material
4. Cementation
  • 3M SPE RelyX Unicem Self Adhesive Universal Resin Cement

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