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Chairside Preparation Guide Anterior Crown ✔ ✔

Veneer ✔ ✔
for IPS e.max® Bridge ✔ ✔
Posterior Crown ✔ ✔
Bridge ✔

Anterior Chairside Preparation Guide

Full-Coverage Restorations 3-Unit Bridge Restorations

NEW Anterior Crown Preparation 3-Unit Bridge Preparation

Shoulder margin 1.0 mm reduction at the gingival margin

Rounded internal Shoulder margin
Shoulder margin line angles 1.0 mm reduction at
the gingival margin

1.01 mm 1.01 to 1.2 mm

to 1.5 mm lingual contact
facial clearance
reduction 1.5 mm
1.01 to 1.5 mm Rounded
axial
incisal reduction internal
reduction
line angles
Football-shaped 1.5 mm incisal reduction
finishing bur for
lingual reduction

Veneers Thin Veneers

A medium grit, round-ended, diamond bur The diamond bur is angled to IPS e.max can be pressed to as thin as 0.3 mm
is used to remove a uniform thickness of facial bevel back the incisal edge. for veneers. If sufficient space is present, IPS
enamel by joining the depth-cut grooves. e.max can be placed over the existing teeth
without the removal of any tooth structure.
Depending on the case requirements,
however, some teeth may need to be
prepared to accommodate for the thickness
of the ceramic and to ensure proper
contour and emergence profile.

0.7 mm
incisal
reduction

Depth cuts
of 0.6 mm*

*Please note: For additional masking capabilities and/or layering techniques, further reduction may be necessary. Contact your laboratory for further information.
1 1.0 mm only suitable with adhesive cementation.

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 All-Ceramic
Chairside Preparation Guide
for IPS e.max®
Posterior Chairside Preparation Guide

Inlays/Onlays
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Inlay Preparation Onlay Preparation
1.0 mm isthmus width 1.0 mm- to 1.5 mm-
Shoulder margin wide gingival floor

Rounded internal
line angles

1.0 mm- to 1.5 mm-

wide gingival floor Shoulder margin Occlusal reduction
1.0 mm-depth
of 1.5 mm
at isthmus

3-Unit Bridge Restorations 3-Unit Bridge Preparation

Rounded internal
1.5 mm occlusal Rounded internal line angles Shoulder margin
reduction line angles

1.2 mm axial
reduction
1.0 mm reduction at 1.5 mm occlusal
1.2 mm axial reduction the gingival margin reduction

Full-Coverage
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NEW Adhesive Cementation Preparation Conventional Cementation Preparation

Rounded internal line angles Rounded internal line angles

Occlusal reduction Occlusal reduction

of at least 1.0 mm Taper between of at least 1.5 mm
At least 4° and 8°
1.0 mm axial
reduction
1.5 mm axial reduction
Modified shoulder Modified shoulder Coronal length
or deep chamfer of or deep chamfer of at least 4.0 mm
at least 1.0 mm at least 1.0 mm

When layered or pressed ceramic margins are preferred in conjuction with a zirconia framework, enhanced gingival esthetics can be achieved with a definitive 90 degree shoulder preparation.

For more information, call us at 1-800-533-6825 in the U.S., 1-800-263-8182 in Canada.

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