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Product Profile: Ivoclar Vivadent by Lee Ann Brady, DMD

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by Lee Ann Brady, DMD

Patients today expect more from their dental treatments than mere pain relief, function and tooth replacement. They want to feel good about their smiles, how they look and the decisions they make for their oral health. Once upon a time, the PFM was the "go-to" solution for patients with parafunctional habits and especially for the posterior. Today, however, the PFM does not represent the same value it once did. To ensure confidence, exceed expectations and maximize productivity and profitability, I make it e.max!

Most everyday dentistry requires durable and strong restorations that simultaneously provide lifelike aesthetics. This can make choosing a singular restorative solution difficult, because maximizing aesthetics has often meant compromising strength, and vice versa. With IPS e.max, there are no compromises.

I've been using IPS e.max in the posterior for many years because it has the best success rate of the current material choices available. More than 20 clinical in vivo and in vitro laboratory studies confirm the strength and long-term success of this restorative material system. Since the IPS e.max System was introduced, nearly 40 million restorations have been fabricated. Such evidence-based research supports the use of the material in everyday practice.

The material is extremely versatile - just like the PFM - and is indicated for veneers, crowns, inlays, onlays and implants, whether in the anterior or posterior. IPS e.max lithium disilicate can be pressed with the lost wax technique (IPS e.max Press) or milled in the laboratory or chairside using CAD/CAM technology (IPS e.max CAD).

In fact, 95 percent of my posterior indirect restorations are IPS e.max. I can place IPS e.max restorations with conventional cementation techniques, or adhesive bonding protocol. Working with techniques that I'm familiar and comfortable with adds to predictability, efficiency and an overall positive experience for my patients.

My patients tell me they love that we use the IPS e.max all-ceramic material. They appreciate not seeing a black line at the gum tissue, and that there is no compromise in the strength of their treatment.

My posterior restorations can be pressed or milled to monolithic full contour to achieve exceptional strength that, unlike PFMs, won't fracture. Anterior restorations can be pressed and layered to create aesthetic results that mimic natural teeth. With enhanced optical properties and the fit, form and function that I demand from the restorations I place, IPS e.max lithium disilicate glass ceramic is the simple everyday treatment solution. Lithium disilicate is an everyday metal-free solution that delivers the marginal integrity, long-term survival, and familiar preparation and cementation protocol that makes restorative procedures predictable and aesthetic. As a result, everyday dentists no longer need to compromise aesthetics for strength, or "go to" the PFM. For my everyday dentistry, I make it e.max!

References
  1. S1. The IPS e.max Scientific Report Vol. 01 (2001 - 2011) is now available at: www.ivoclarvivadent.us/emax/science.

Author's Bio
Dr. Lee Ann Brady is a privately practicing dentist and nationally recognized educator and writer. She is currently the clinical editor for the Seattle Study Club Journal, a guest faculty member at the Pankey Institute and Director of Education and President of Lee Ann Brady, LLC. Visit her website at Leeannbrady.com.
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