Teeth so perfect, you’ll be smiling

in your sleep!

Lava™

Crowns & Bridges

Lava™

Crowns & Bridges

Give your smile a better future

You need a restoration.

So, what is a restoration?

Why do you need a restoration?

• An indirect restoration, also called a crown or bridge, is used to cover or replace a tooth that is broken, discolored, badly shaped or has too much decay for a filling

• The restoration is fitted over the original tooth after any decay has been removed

• The right restoration will look, feel and last like your natural teeth

• Your teeth play an important role in your overall health as well as your appearance. So, naturally, you want to do everything you can to keep them healthy and looking good.

• Sometimes, however, tooth decay advances to a point where a tooth is too weak to survive with just a direct restoration or filling. In these cases, the decayed area is removed and the restoration is fitted over the original tooth.

• This is a step that can help preserve the health and appearance of your smile.

What materials can be used

for a restoration. Today, there’s a solution as beautiful as nature itself: 3M™ ESPE™ Lava™ Zirconia restorations.• Alloy of metals with either silver or gold

appearance.

• Does not mimic the look of real teeth.

• The traditional restoration used for decades.

• Porcelain, fused to an underlying metal structure. Comes closer to the look of real teeth than metal restorations.

• Metal substructure limits translucency sometimes resulting in restorations looking dull and lifeless.

• Achieves the beauty and translucency of natural teeth.

• Produces strong, durable restorations.

• Could be an alternative for those who have concerns about metal.

Lava™ Zirconia not only offers strength and longevity benefits of porcelain fused to metal (PFM) but also has tremendous advantages compared to other Zirconia restorations .

Lava™ Zirconia crowns and bridges can be matched precisely to the color of your own teeth and provide the natural translucency that metal-based restorations and other opaque Zirconia can’t.

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Precision fit, proven strength and natural aesthetics.

Why Lava™...

3M™ has over 100 years of manufacturing excellence and more than 25 years of zirconia research and processing. 3M™ ESPE™ brings vast expertise in material science and systemintegration to create products that consistently meet the high standard that doctors and patients expect.

• Precision CAD/CAM system for outstanding marginal fit. This greatly reduces the chances for decay below the crown / bridge. Better fit keeps gums healthy and prevents food entrapment in those gaps that can lead to bad breath.

• Proven high strength performance-1440 Mpa* 3-pt. bend strength, so you can rest assured that the chance to go back with a failure is minimized

• 10+ year clinical study with 100% survival rate** Assuring you of the best that 3M™ ESPE™ has to offer.

• Natural translucency and unmatched aesthetics. Lava™ ceramic overlay material is best suited for giving great looking final restorations

• Patented substructure system available in multiple shades. The tooth shaded internal frameworks ensure that the match to your natural tooth occurs from the substructure level unlike other PFM or Zirconia systems which have white or opaque substructures.

Accept No SubstitutesWarranty + Authentication

When you are investing in your tooth, you need to rest assured that what you are getting is authentic 3M™ Zirconia.

Each Lava™ Premium restoration comes with a 15 year warranty on the complete crown or bridge. This warranty card has an authentication label with a unique code. With our new online verification system, you can confirm you’re getting the quality performance you’ve come to expect from

Visit www.lava-elite.com to authenticate your Lava restoration.

A Lava™ Zirconia restoration consists of two parts

1) The internal framework (Coping)

2) The Ceramic Overlay

To make a Lava™ crown or bridge, your dentist will take an impressionof your mouth, and send it to a laboratory. There, a technician will use the impression to create a model of your teeth, and then using computer aided design (CAD) technology will create a digital model. After this through computer aided machining (CAM) he will digitally create a precise framework (coping) for your restoration. This coping is then matched to the shade of your tooth through a patented 3M™ process and then a dental technician will build up layers of ceramic onto this framework, so that the final restoration will match your natural teeth. The completed restoration will then be delivered to your dentist who will fit it for you.

Dentist Scan Lab

Milling CenterCeramic Lab

(CAD technology)

(CAM technology)

How is your Lava™ Restoration made:

* 3M ESPE internal 3pt bending test-ISO 6872 ** 3unit posterior bridges, University of Homburg

authenticated Lava™ restorations.

Why is your Impression important?Great impressions are essential for a well-fitted Crown/Bridge. Creating prosthetic teeth that fit well and function efficiently depends on having a good impression to start with. When impressions don’t show the exact shape of your teeth and gums, you may experience a loose or tight fit in your crown/bridge,which in turn may lead to irritation and pain at the site.

Taking a Successful Dental Impression

In order to take a successful dental impression,your dentist requires an Impression material that is hygienic as well as accurate,reliable and stable in the moist conditions of the mouth.

Why is your Temporary Crown important?The accurate fit of your final crown/bridge is dependant on your temporary.This temporary restoration will protect your teeth and gum tissues while a custom restoration is being created for you in a dental laboratory. In addition, it will also help prevent the adjacent teeth from shifting,ensuring that your final custom-made crown or bridge fits perfectly.

Making a successful Temporary crown

In order to make a reliable temporary crown,your dentist will need to use a temporization material that is highly fracture resistant.Pleasing aesthetics and a comfortable fit through a smooth surface along with a natural shine and fluorescence are also important.

Why is your Dental Laboratory important?

Why is your Cement important?Along with the fit of your restoration on the tooth, dental cements are an important part of the durability and comfort of your crown/bridge.A good dental cement will fix your restoration firmly to your tooth and prevent the entrapment of food thereby preventing decay and bad breath.

The modern dental laboratory is more than just a restoration factory. It is the forefront of new technology,equipment, materials, and techniques that ultimately give you a safe,strong,reliable and well fitted restoration that looks and feels just like your natural teeth.

Lava™

Precision Solutions

Multiple Solutions...

One Global Brand

3M™ Monolith

All-Zirconia Restorations3M™ Translucent

All-Zirconia Aesthetic restorations Lava™ Classic

Zirconia Precision SolutionsLava™ EssentialZirconia Crowns & Bridges

Lava™ PremiumHigh Translucency Zirconia

5Limited

Five-Year

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Five-Year

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FEATURES Lava™ Premium Lava™ Classic Lava™ Essential 3M™ Monolith 3M™ Translucent

Warranty 15 years 10 years 5 years 5 years 15 years

Warranty provided by 3M 3M 3M Milling Centre Milling Centre

Made by 3M System Only 3M System Only 3M System Only Open System Open System

Branding International International International Generic Generic

Support All India All India All India Region Region

Shades 16 8 3 3 5

Number of units Upto 8 Upto 8 Upto 5 Upto 3 Upto 5

Strength* 1400 Mpa 1400 Mpa 1400 Mpa 1400+ Mpa 1400+ Mpa

Online Authentication Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Clinical studies Available Available Available Not Available Not Available

* 3M ESPE internal 3pt bending test-ISO 6872

Lava™ Classic

Zirconia Precision Solutions

Benefits

• Precision CAD/CAM system for outstanding marginal fit • Proven high strength* performance-1440 mpa 3-pt. bend

strength • 10+ Years clinical study with 100% survival rate** • Natural translucency and unmatched aesthetics • Patented substructure system available in 8 shades• Limited 10 Years warranty• Supplied via Authorized 3M Milling Partners only• The warranty card will contain a genuine

3M Authentication Label

Lava™ Zirconia crowns & bridges are designed to look and feel like beautiful natural teeth.

Lava™ EssentialZirconia Crowns & Bridges

3M™ Full Contour ZirconiaAll Zirconia Restorations

Benefits• All Ceramic and metal free

• High Strength of 1400 Mpa*

• Excellent marginal fit

• Limited 5 Years warranty

• Substructure available in 3 shades of White, Universal light and Universal dark

• Supplied via Authorized 3M Milling Partners only• The warranty card will contain a genuine

3M Authentication Label

Trusted Brand, Exceptional Value.

Lava™ PremiumHigh Translucency Zirconia

Benefits

• Excellent Translucency and high strength

• 18 natural, warm and vivid tooth colors, 7 effect shades and a fluorescent effect shade are available for unlimited individualization.

• Years of clinical experience and millions of successful cases worldwide enables a 15 year limited warranty

• Supplied via Authorized 3M Milling Partners only • The warranty card will contain a genuine 3M

Authentication label

Unique shading technology -By the company that invented Zirconia shading

Unbelievable Value Believably 3M

High Strength High precision

3M™ Monolith

All-Zirconia Restorations3M™ Translucent

All-Zirconia Aesthetic restorations

Less wear More Confidence

Features

• High Strength of 1400+ Mpa*

• Low wear on opposing dentition

• Ideal posterior metal-free alternative

• Substructure available in 3 shades

• Supplied via 3M licensed Milling Centers

• The warranty card will contain a genuine 3M Authentication Label

Features

• High Translucency

• High Strength of 1400+ Mpa*

• Substructure available in 5 shades

• Supplied via 3M licensed Milling Centers

• The warranty card will contain a genuine 3M Authentication Label

True Beauty Proven Strength

* 3M ESPE internal 3pt bending test-ISO 6872 ** 3unit posterior bridges, University of Homburg

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The Emmy Award, considered to be the

television equivalent to the Oscars, is one of

the most coveted awards for the television

production industry.

3M won an Emmy Award in 1983 for

pioneering the development of videotape.

3M on the Moon!

The moment that created history.

The 3M footprint had gone where

no man had gone before.

U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong

walked on the moon wearing space

boots with soles made of synthetic

material from 3M in 1969.

3M at the Oscars!

The night of the Oscar Awards is one of

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people get to see their favourite stars walk

on the red carpet.

Yes, 3M won the Oscar award twice, in

1969 for developing a front projection

screen using Scotchlite Retro reflective

Technology and in 1985 for pioneering the

Magnetic Film for movie sound tracks.

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During the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 3M products

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About 3M ESPE...

We have a worldwide reputation for bringing exciting new ideas to dentistry. Our wide range of products and services includes restoratives, crowns and bridges, preventive, infection control and cosmetic dentistry.

In addition,our Digital Oral Care department integrates advanced digital technology and material science through CAD/CAM and digital impressions. 3M ESPE has brought a number of amazing firsts to the dental

industry, including the first-ever tooth-colored restorative material, the first self-adhesive universal resin cement, the first nano ionomer, the first malleable, preformed temporary crown and the first automated

mixing of impression materials. With 3M ESPE, you get more than a provider of innovative dental products and services. You get a partner dedicated to the highest possible standards in dentistry. We are driven to

deliver practical and ingenious solutions that make a difference in your practice, and it all leads back to our mutual commitment: to improve dental care for patients worldwide.