Zirlux® Zirconia expands range to meet demand. By Paul Hayfield, Henry Schein Dental

Paul Hayfield from Henry Schein Dental introduces two new additions to the Zirlux® Zirconia range that give technicians even more options for cost-effective and aesthetic restorations.

Zirlux® Zirconia expands range to meet demand

Paul Hayfield is a Senior Laboratory Account Manager at Henry Schein Dental. Previously, he worked as a lab technician for 17 years.

Although still a relatively new material in dentistry, Zirconia has become a staple in the restorative process, and dental manufacturers now offer a wide variety of Zirconia materials for use in the laboratory.

Having progressed a long way from some of the earliest dental Zirconia that required a lot of post-production work to make them fit for purpose, modern Zirconia is a flexible, multi-purpose material suitable for a wide range of indications.

One of the most valuable additions has been the extensive Zirlux® digital materials portfolio, which enables dental technicians to use innovative and quality-controlled materials to deliver durable, consistent, and predictable aesthetic restorations.

Due to their reliability and colour consistency, Zirlux Zirconia discs by Henry Schein Dental have become popular with many dental technicians with indications for use based on the strength of the chosen product.

Zirlux discs provide natural aesthetics as well as high stability and reliability, enabling monolithic production, and

efficient veneering techniques, such as micro-layering, to make them a costeffective material of choice.

Now Henry Schein Dental is adding two new multifunctional Zirconia solutions to the Zirlux portfolio with high-quality, millable materials to meet the demands of technicians, dentists, and patients: Zirlux Esthetic TR and Zirlux Complete.

Transitional layered Zirconia

Zirlux Esthetic TR is a highly aesthetic and strong Zirconia that exhibits transitional strength and translucency throughout the disc, making it suitable for almost any application. The strength curve starts at 727 MPa in the incisal area and extends to 1,000 MPa in the cervical area, a unique transition that helps to reduce the risk of chipping along the margin lines. Thanks to its high opacity, any darker background frameworks, such as discoloured dies or metallic abutments, can be concealed. At the same time, translucency increases along the incisal edge, giving the restoration the desired aesthetic appearance.

• Bending strength: progression from 727 MPa (incisal) to 1,000 MPa (cervical) • Chameleon effect: 48% light transmission

• Available in all 16 VITA® shades and BL1, BL2

• Even distribution of colour pigments for a smooth colour gradient

• Wide range of applications including anterior and posterior restorations and crowns

• Compatible with most open 98.5mm CAD/CAM milling machines

Complete strength and aesthetics

Zirlux Complete is a high-strength, multilayered Zirconia for the production of consistent, high-quality anterior and posterior restorations. With a colour gradient to meet any aesthetic requirements, Zirlux Complete is ideally suited for all restorations subjected to high stress such as long-span bridges, plus a wide range of indications from single unit restorations to multiple units for rehabilitation cases.

• Bending strength: 1,000 MPa

• 47% light transmission for the ideal balance between aesthetics and strength • Available in all 16 VITA® shades

• Compatible with most open 98.5mm CAD/CAM milling machines

• Suitable for full contour long span bridges

A new world of efficiency

With two new additions to the Henry Schein Zirlux family, dental laboratories can further expand their range of Zirconia restorations while reducing costs and requiring no compromise on the aesthetic result.

The combination of the proven Zirlux range and latest digital dentistry technologies from Henry Schein is opening a whole new world of efficiency for dental technicians. Scanning, milling, and 3D printing are streamlining laboratory processes with digital workflows that can be customised or tailored to a laboratory’s specific needs, enabling technicians and clinicians to work together to deliver better, faster restorative outcomes.

For further information on the complete Zirlux range please visit zirlux.co.uk

From the digital impression to the final restoration, Henry Schein offers a comprehensive selection of products and materials to connect with the digital workflow from start to finish.

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