Somer is happy to offer you Bruxzir zirconia crowns and expect they will find their way into your treatment planning.

What do you need to know?

Bruxzir crowns are 100% Zirconia and are thus very, very strong. They require a minimum of .5 mm reduction and are suitable for individual units and bridges.

Bruxzir crowns are cementable and are kind to the opposing dentition. They offer excellent wear characteristics.

Somer’s Bruxzir crowns are milled in the USA and then finished to our standards by Somer technicians.

Use a traditional preparation.

What about costs?

Our fee is $109. per unit and will immunize you against fluctuating alloy prices.

What about esthetics?

Bruxzir brings you many of the esthetic benefits of metal free crowns and to most patients, is almost certainly preferable to a gold, full cast crown.

But like gold, we do not use Bruxzir in the esthetic zone.

How does Bruxzir work?

1. You send your impression or digital file to Somer.
2. Somer pours & scans the model, designs the crown and uploads the digital file to a Bruxzir milling facility.
3. They mill a full contour, zirconia crown in the prescribed shade and design and return it to Somer.
4. Somer refines the crown with ideal incisal anatomy and enhanced shading and characterization.
5. We send the completed crown to you. We ask for 6 lab days.

The joke: Bruxzir is the new gold!

There is a joke in dental labs that Bruxzir is the new gold.

It is very strong, kind to the opposing and has excellent wear characteristics.

Bruxzir is suitable for single units and bridges. It is fabricated in the USA and is immune from crazy alloy prices.

It requires only .5 mm reduction and is cementable.

Gold comes in 1 shade; Bruxzir comes in tooth shades. But like gold, we will keep Bruxzir out of the esthetic zone for the time being.

Ivoclar’s Joe Pickering, CDT, and Nathan Courtney presented a program on the e.max System at the Carmel Hampton Inn on Thursday, April 1.

Joe discussed:

-         indications and contra-indications

-         prep guidelines

-         thin veneers

-         the fabrication process

-         shade communication

-         natural die shades

-         CAD vs Press

-         implant applications

-         case selection

Joe’s message was that e.max offers a system dentists can turn to for almost any restorative need and hit new cosmetic and strength potentials.

Nathan Courtney, a Clinical Specialist for Ivoclar, discussed Variolink, Multilink and SpeedCem. Nathan’s comments really did an excellent job of organizing Ivoclar’s delivery systems.

Variolink II  Variolink is a dual cure luting composite used successfully for 15+ years. Think of Variolink for high end esthetic cases, most likely driven by cosmetic considerations and fabricated using Empress Esthetic. This is a bonding process giving the dentists extreme control of the final shade through 6 delivery shades and 3 degrees of translucencies.

Multilink  Multilink is universal self-etching, luting composite system for the fast and reliable luting of indirect restorations made from all types of materials. Turn to Multilink when you identify a need for chemical retention and would like some control of shade at delivery. Multilink comes in 3 shades: yellow, transparent and opaque.

SpeedCem  SpeedCem is the work horse of Ivoclar’s offerings. It is a self-adhesive, self-curing resin cement with a light curing option. It is suitable for everything from an e.maxCAD crown to a full cast crown. With SpeedCem, you are thinking in terms of mechanical retention and do not need shade control at delivery.

Somer Dental Lab will team with Ivoclar Vivadent on Thursday April 1 from 6-8:30 PM at Carmel Hampton Inn for a program on e.max line of restorations. Our focus is primarily e.maxCAD and Press, the 2 materials that have proven themselves to find practical application every day.

You may have noticed the advertising war between 3M’s Lava Zirconia and Ivoclar’s Lithium Disilicate materials.  These were red hot topics at Lab Day in Chicago. This is a great opportunity to hear the Lithium Disilicate story, so please plan to attend.

This program is exclusively for Somer’s current accounts. Call Ted to reserve a place.

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Come join us for our 1st technical meeting of 2010! This free seminar will include tips, breakfast, and 2 hrs of CE.