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Versatile and dependable

Your goal is to give your patients a beautiful and natural-looking new smile.
You can count on IPS e.max Press restorations from your laboratory to provide you with remarkable long-lasting results.The combination of accuracy of fit[1], function and brilliant esthetics as well as high strength[2] is impressive.

For a beautiful, natural-looking* smile

Pressed glass-ceramics have been synonymous with exquisite, translucent restorations for many years. In addition, dental lab-fabricated IPS e.max restorations boast an impressively long life span[3].

Versatility due to a wide range of applications

• Thin veneers (0.3 mm), veneers, occlusal veneers
• Inlays, onlays, partial crowns
• Anterior and posterior crowns
• 3-unit bridges up to the second premolar as terminating abutment[4]
• Abutments and abutment crowns

Impressive quality

  • Clinically documented reliability[5]
  • High survival rate (97.8%)[2]
  • Outstanding accuracy of fit and margin quality[1]
  • Biocompatibility[6]

Long life span

  • Long-term studies confirm the notable properties of the material
  • Ten-year guarantee
  • High stability of 470 MPa[2] for remarkable dependability

High-end esthetics

  • Multi ingot featuring a natural-looking gradient of shade[7] and translucency and precision shading for monolithic crowns and veneers
  • Thin veneers (0.3 mm) for cosmetic restorations
  • Monolithic, partially or fully veneered restorations[8]

Versatile possibilities

  • Flexibility in placement
  • Choice between adhesive, self-adhesive and conventional cementation[9]

98% customer satisfaction[10] with IPS e.max Press

Lifelike esthetics* and precise shading

The optimized translucency, the vibrant and warm shades and the specialized shading of IPS e.max Press form the basis for true-to-nature* esthetics.
The excellent quality of the margins is most noticeable in finely tapering margins.

Ideally suited for different requirements

Due to the many different processing options, you have the flexibility you need. Your dental technician will create the desired restoration according to the individual requirements: stained, or partially or fully veneered[8].
A combination of veneered restorations in the anterior and monolithic restorations in the posterior region also produces a harmonious overall outcome.

Wide variety of applications

You can prepare in your customary way to ensure dependable results. IPS e.max Press can be used to fabricate very thin restorations that require only minimal removal of tooth structure.

Thin veneers, veneers and occlusal veneers

Tooth structure-preserving customized solutions for corrective cosmetic treatments. If sufficient space is available, preparation can be dispensed with altogether.
Inlays and onlays

Glass-ceramic materials have been successfully used to produce long-lasting restorations, such as inlays and onlays, for almost 30 years. The esthetic and clinical results speak for themselves.
Anterior and posterior crowns

Pressed glass-ceramic crowns have been a very popular restorative solution for posterior teeth for many years. Because of their impressive esthetic properties, they come into their own in the anterior region in particular, where individuality is desired.
Anterior and premolar bridges

Your laboratory may use IPS e.max Press to fabricate individual abutments that can be bonded to a titanium base and then fitted with a permanent crown, or they may create hybrid abutment crowns that combine the abutment and the crown in one and therefore eliminate the need for bonding in the mouth and the removal of excess material.
Hybrid abutments and hybrid abutment crowns

Your laboratory may use IPS e.max Press to fabricate individual abutments that can be bonded to a titanium base and then fitted with a permanent crown, or they may create hybrid abutment crowns that combine the abutment and the crown in one and therefore eliminate the need for bonding in the mouth and the removal of excess material.
For remarkable results – also on dark prepared teeth

The overall effect of a restoration is based on the smooth integration of its shape and shade into the mouth of the patient. Differences in the shade of the restoration and the remaining natural tooth structure have a negative effect on the esthetic appearance of the final outcome.
The prerequisite for a natural-looking* all-ceramic restoration is the successful interplay of the shade of the prepared tooth, the material selected and the cementation material used.
It is important for you to inform your laboratory about the shade of the prepared teeth. This enables the laboratory to choose the IPS e.max Press material with the suitable level of translucency. As a result, impressive esthetic results can be achieved, even if the prepared teeth are quite dark.

Cementation

IPS e.max Press restorations can be placed using either an adhesive, self-adhesive or conventional protocol.[9] Variolink Esthetic optimally combines high performance and brilliant esthetics. It produces durable and impressive clinical results when used with adhesive cementation techniques.
Together with Monobond Etch & Prime, the world’s first self-etching glass-ceramic primer, Variolink Esthetic achieves a strong bond to IPS e.max Press restorations[9,11,12].

Learn more about Variolink Esthetic

Polishing

Smooth surfaces reduce the formation of plaque and the risk of antagonist wear. Using the OptraGloss universal polishers, ceramic restorations can be polished to a high gloss in no time at all.

Learn more about OptraGloss
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[1] Guess P C et al., J Dent, 2014, 42, p. 199-209.
[2] Schweiger M., Biaxial flexural strength of IPS e.max lithium disilicate products, Test Report, Ivoclar Vivadent, 2016.
[3] Heintze S, Clinical efficacy of monolithic crowns made of IPS e.max Press on posterior teeth, Test Report, Ivoclar Vivadent, 2021.
[4] Only up to the second premolar as the distal abutment
[5] Malament K A et al., J Prosthet Dent, 2021, 126, p. 533-545.
[6] Forster A et al., J Dent, 2014, 42, p. 7-14.
[7] Hamad J G et al., ADJ, 2018, 43, p. 86-93.
[8] Pozzi A et al., J Oral Implantol, 2015, 4 (41), p. 450-458.
[9] Gehrt M et al., Clin Oral Invest, 2013, 17, p. 275-284.
[10] Studer F, Customer Satisfaction - IPS e.max Press, Memo, Ivoclar Vivadent, 2020.
[11] Maassen, et al, J.Prosthet Dent, 2021, p. 182-188, additional data on file.
[12] Salem S K et al., EDJ, 2019, 65, p. 1853-1864.