PFM Restorations
The traditional ceramic restoration remains popular with many doctors because of its proven track record. Traditional layered porcelain is fused to a coping made from your choice of yellow high noble, semiprecious or nonprecious alloys.
Indications
Preparation
Cementation
Tech Notes
Codes
Indications
Our Dental Pfm can be used for crowns and bridges (up to fourteen units). PFMs Crowns can be manufactured to non-precious, semi-precious, and yellow high noble copings and can be used in conjunction with cast partials and implants.
Preparation
The ideal preparation for PFMs is a chamfer margin preparation. If a porcelain labial margin is prescribed, then a shoulder margin preparation is required.
Feather-edge margin preparations are indicated for full-cast restorations.
Cementation
- Panavia 21 – tin plated
- Glass ionomer cement (GC Fuji, GC America)
- Zinc Phosphate Polycarboxylate
- Resin Ionomer cement (RelyX, 3M ESPE)
Tech Notes
If an adjustment is required on the ceramic, use a fine diamond with water and air to keep the crown cool.
To contour the ceramic, polish with a pink rubber wheel and diamond polishing paste (Brasseler, Shofu, Vident).
Codes
