3M™ ESPE™ brings Lava™ Ultimate Restorative to labs

After launching the material to chairside CAD/CAM users late last year, 3M ESPE is now rolling out Lava™ Ultimate Restorative to the dental labs that make up the Authorized Lava Milling and Design Centers as well as through Jensen's Digital Network. It also is available to labs working with Straumann's CAD/CAM production center. While the material is in its own category as a resin nano ceramic, 3M ESPE is confident enough in its durability that it is backing Lava Ultimate restorations with a 10-year warranty.

Advantages of this new resin nano ceramic technology are that the material is durable and shock absorbent, and it does not require a firing after it is milled. Instead, Lava Ultimate restorations are simply polished and ready for seating. The material can be adjusted chairside as well, and reportedly holds the polish after being seated. Created from approximately 80% nanoceramic particles that are embedded in a highly-cured resin matrix, 3M expects the material to provide new levels of efficiency to both dental labs and dental practices.

Read the full press release below:

3M™ ESPE™ Brings Lava™ Ultimate Restorative to Labs

Esthetic and shock-absorbent CAD/CAM material now available through Authorized Lava™ Milling and Design Centers

ST. PAUL, Minn. – (July 2, 2012) – 3M ESPE and Jensen Dental are now bringing unique new Lava Ultimate Restorative to labs by making it available to all dental professionals through their preferred Authorized Lava® Milling and Design Centers. Additionally, other dental labs looking to add Lava Ultimate restorative to their product offering can realize this opportunity through Jensen’s Digital Network. Lava Ultimate restorative resin nano ceramic CAD/CAM material was originally introduced to users of chairside CEREC® and E4D® CAD/CAM systems in late 2011, and as those dentists have already experienced, Lava Ultimate restorative provides a polish that lasts, along with functionality other CAD/CAM materials can’t match. In fact, 3M ESPE is backing Lava Ultimate restorative with its industry-leading 10-year warranty.

“Dentists with chairside CAD/CAM systems have responded enthusiastically to the unique properties of this new resin nano ceramic CAD/CAM material,” said Mark Gates, vice president of sales and marketing, 3M ESPE. “We are happy to now offer Lava Ultimate restorative to an even greater number of dentists through their labs.”

Lava Ultimate restorative is part of a new class of CAD/CAM material based on 3M ESPE’s renowned nanotechnology. This resilient new milling material is incredibly durable and shock absorbent, not brittle. The unique properties of the CAD/CAM material enable a fast, no-firing process, and only a few minutes of polishing are needed to achieve an enamel-like luster. The resin nano ceramic CAD/CAM material also allows dentists to easily make adjustments, as well as to build-up and reseal restorations.

Lava Ultimate restorative CAD/CAM material builds upon two of 3M’s core technology platforms: ceramics and nanotechnology. 3M has developed a proprietary process for creating the CAD/CAM material, which is formulated from a blend of approximately 80 percent nanoceramic particles embedded in a highly-cured resin matrix. The result is a unique, patented resin nano ceramic milling material that maintains a brilliant, long-lasting polish.

Lava Ultimate restorative is indicated for a full range of permanent adhesive, single-unit restorations, including crowns, onlays, inlays and veneers. Additionally, Lava Ultimate restorative is ideally suited for implant-supported restorations because of its high flexural strength, shock-absorbing properties and low wear. Lava Ultimate restorative reduces stress to the implant, and dentists can adjust the material for occlusion with additive and subtractive techniques. Lava Ultimate restorative is offered in eight shades, four of which include both high and low translucencies, giving labs the choices they need to create natural-looking restorations.

Two additional product introductions from 3M ESPE give dentists the complete package for delivering ceramic restorations alongside Lava Ultimate restorative: 3M™ ESPE™ RelyX™ Ultimate Adhesive Resin Cement and 3M™ ESPE™ Scotchbond™ Universal Adhesive. This cement and adhesive are compatible and offer optimal performance when used in combination with Lava Ultimate restorative, giving dentists the utmost in ease of use and high performance.

For more information about 3M ESPE’s Lava Ultimate restorative, visit http://www.3MESPE.com/LavaUltimate or call 1-800-634-2249.

About 3M ESPE

3M ESPE is a dental product manufacturer that markets more than 2,000 dental products and services. 3M ESPE dental products are designed to help dental professionals improve their patients' oral health care. The 3M Digital Oral Care Department, part of the 3M ESPE Division, aims to accelerate and strengthen 3M’s efforts to lead the digital transformation that is occurring in oral care. 3M Health Care, one of 3M’s six major business segments, provides world-class innovative products and services to help health care professionals improve the practice and delivery of patient care in medical, oral care, drug delivery and health information markets. For more information on the complete 3M ESPE line of dental products, visit the 3M ESPE website at http://www.3MESPE.com or call the 3M ESPE Technical Hotline at 1-800-634-2249. Products are available for purchase through authorized 3M ESPE distributors.

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