Carrara Press System From Elephant Dental

By LMT Communications, Inc.

Posted Apr 28, 2011 in Technical


RESTORATIVE CHALLENGE: A female patient in her early twenties presented with severely calcified anterior teeth (see Figure 1) that she wanted to replace with esthetic restorations.



Restorative team: Flemming Behrend, MDT, CDT, flemmingsdental, and Augustin Vega, DDS, both of Olympia, Washington


Treatment plan: The team decided to fabricate four anterior crowns using Elephant's Carrara Press System, which consists of a pressable core material and the low-fusing Carrara Interaction porcelain. The system was chosen because the core material has a high transverse bending strength (134 MPa), a high compressive strength (Fm=2,450 N), and is available in six shades coordinated with the Vita® shade system, and includes bleach shades. Elephant Carrara Interaction porcelain is designed to emulate the functionally layered structure of natural teeth, with color and fluorescence closest to the core, covered by translucent...

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