Crystal Diamond Zirconia From Dental Laboratory Milling Supplies

By LMT Communications, Inc.

Posted Nov 20, 2013 in Technical

DENTAL TEAM: Scott Atkin, Creative Dental Laboratory and Dr. Michael Foley, both in Scottsdale, AZ


RESTORATIVE PROBLEM: A 79-year-old male patient with an existing PFM full mouth rehab needed a classic A3 shade replacement bridge for teeth #11 through #15. 


TREATMENT PLAN: A five-unit Crystal Diamond full contour bridge was prescribed. Crystal Diamond was chosen for its excellent translucency and strength, ideal for highly esthetic anterior and posterior metal-free restorations. 


FABRICATION PROCESS: The case was scanned using a 3Shape D710 scanner and milled using Delcam software on a DentMill 4 milling machine from Digital Dental Lab. After milling, Atkin infiltrated the non-colored zirconia with a combination of Tanaka Zircolor and Zirkonzahn's Color Liquids Prettau® Aquarell shading liquids using green micro-brushes to ensure uniform application of the shading liquids. The technique, based on the instructional Shading Techniques...

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