Ceramco® 3 Firing Chart

Firing Program ˚F Firing Program ˚C

Time (min) Time (min) Vacuum Set Temp Temperature Set Temp Temperature

Hi Set Heat Heat

Program Description Pre Vac Temp Point Hi Vac Vac Rate Hi Vac Vac Rate
Dry Heat Hold Hold Hold Cool (in Hg) Idle Temp Start Stop ˚F/min Night Idle Temp Start Stop ˚C/min Night

Paste Opaque 5 3 0 0 0 0 29 932 1787 932 1787 180 212 500 975 500 975 100 100

Powder Opaque 3 3 0 0 0 0 29 1202 1778 1202 1778 126 212 650 970 650 970 70 100

Margin - Improved 5 5 0 1 0 0 29 1202 1769 1202 1769 126 212 650 965 650 965 70 100

Final Margin (with overglaze) 3 3 0 0.5 0 0 0 1202 1715 126 212 650 935 70 100

Final Margin (with natural glaze) 3 3 0 0.5 0 0 0 1202 1733 126 212 650 945 70 100

Op Dentin/Denint/Mod/Enamels 5 5 0 0 0 0 29 1202 1760 1202 1760 99 212 650 960 650 960 55 100

Natural Glaze 3 3 0 0.5 0 0 0 1202 1733 126 212 650 945 70 100

Overglaze 3 3 0 0.5 0 0 0 1202 1715 126 212 650 935 70 100

Add-On 5 5 0 0 0 0 29 1202 1724 1202 1724 126 212 650 940 650 940 70 100

Compatible DENTSPLY Alloys for Ceramco® 3 Porcelain

Alloy REF # Au Pt Pd Ag Cu CTE (500˚C)

Premium Yellow High Nobel

Degudent®G 111020 86.0 10.4 14.5

BiOcclus 4®
155135 85.8 11.0 14.2

Image 2 18100045 84.5 6.9 5.0 1.0 14.5

Degudent®H 111120 84.4 8.0 5.0 14.2

Super Bioney® 18100030 82.4 14.9 14.2

High Nobel

SMG®-CF 18100024 67.4 22.0 4.9 14.2

UltraCrown SF ™
350900 65.0 26.0 14.2

Ceramco®White 112040 50.3 30.2 14.4 14.4

Encore 18130025 48.0 40.0 14.1

Special White 112140 45.0 40.0 6.5 14.1

Veritas 18100010 40.0 45.0 5.0 14.1

High Palladium Nobel

Ceramco®Press Pd 350920 2.0 79.0 14.0

Ovation® 18130015 3.0 69.8 9.7 14.0

Ultima Gold 18130020 2.0 77.1 8.3 14.2

Option® 18130005 2.0 78.8 10.0 14.3

Ultima Lite® 18130010 78.4 8.0 14.2

Palladium Silver Nobel

Pors-on™Lite 114095 61.4 26.0 14.5

Pors-on™Plus 155055 15.5 47.5 27.5 14.6

High Palladium Nobel

Ni Cr W Mo Fe

Duceranium U 560300150 59.0 21.5 5.0 4.5 3.5 14.1

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The Standard in Elegant Ceramics
Ceramco3 feldspathic porcelain is produced
with the highest quality of processing to deliver
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powder opaques, through the dentins, natural
and opal enamels, impart the fluorescence of
natural dentition.
The exceptional thermal stability of Ceramco3
porcelains allow technicians to maintain hue,
value and chroma at consistent levels throughout
multiple firings.
The color -correlated system ensures that
technicians of varying skill levels, basic through
advanced, can create predictable shades with
ease. All 50 shades are available out-of the-bottle
so there’s no measuring, mixing, or mistakes.
All Ceramco3 porcelains offer:
• Ease of handling
• Predictable, out-of-the-bottle shades
• P
 remium esthetics without mixing and
matching
• A myriad of shades to meet all customer needs
Ceramco3 porcelain offers premium esthetics without
mixing and matching.
Your Choice of Enamels
Ceramco3 porcelain offers you the choice of
Natural, SoftWear® and Opal enamels. The fine-
grained leucite structure of the SoftWear enamels
provides proven low-wear characteristics to
preserve natural dentition.
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the ability to use a single porcelain system that
fires with standard firing temperatures for both
conventional and low-wear dentists’ demands.
The SoftWear enamels can be used in thin or thick
layers over the dentin to duplicate the vitality of
natural teeth.
Both the Natural and SoftWear enamels are
available in Super Clear, Light, Extra Light,
Medium, Dark, White, Ivory, Violet and Orange.
Natural Enamels are also available in Blue, Pink,
Yellow and Clear. Opal enamels come in White,
Light, Medium and Clear.
Your Choice of Shades Quality in Every Bottle
Ceramco3 offers a myriad of shades including 16 To manufacture Ceramco3 porcelain, we use
A-D, 26 C3 Shade Series Shades are keyed to the a unique source of a mineral called feldspar.
Vita® 3-D Master®1 Shade Series2 and eight bleach Because this naturally occurring feldspar is so
shades. All shades were designed as out-of- high in potassium, it’s more stable than low-
the- bottle shade systems to eliminate the need potassium feldspar that has to be “cooked” with
for time-consuming conversions and consistent other minerals before it can be used in dental
shades time after time. porcelain.
• 16 A-D shades It is this stability that gives Ceramco3
consistently high esthetics – on everything
• 26 C3 Shade Series Shades*
from small crowns fired just a few times to
• 8
 illumine shades: complicated nine-unit bridges crafted with
Shades i1, i3, i5 and i7 - keyed to the Vita® multiple firings.
Lumin® 2 “A” family of shades
Shades i2, i4, i6 and i8 - keyed to the Vita®
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on its tradition of fine quality porcelains. Our
high quality standards guarantee that every
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your expectations
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methods are used to provide the optimum
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Strict control over chemistry results in reliable
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