All Ceramic chairside prep guide.qxd
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All-Ceramic Chairside Preparation Guide for IPS Empress For IPS e.max® restorations IPS e.max Ceram/ZirPress
Anterior
Posterior
Crown Veneer Bridge Crown Bridge
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and IPS e.max®
For IPS Empress® restorations IPS e.max ZirCAD
IPS e.max CAD/Press
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Anterior
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Posterior
IPS Empress
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Crown Veneer Bridge Crown Bridge Inlay/Onlay
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Anterior Chairside Preparation Guide
Full-Coverage Restorations
3-Unit Bridge Restorations
ANTERIOR CROWN PREPARATION
3 - U N I T B R I D G E P R E PA R AT I O N
Veneers VENEER PREPARATION
INCISAL PREPARATION
CHAMFER MARGINS
A medium grit, round-ended, diamond bur is used to remove a uniform thickness of facial enamel by joining the depth-cut grooves.
The diamond bur is angled to bevel back the incisal edge.
Correct preparation of the chamfer margins interproximally allows the appropriate bulk of porcelain.