Somer Dental Labs

Succesful e.max Seminar

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.