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I.P.S. EMPRESS Crowns
A proven pressable ceramic restoration, IPS Empress offers patient satisfaction with aesthetic, natural looking restorations, through exclusive use of ceramic materials. The utilization of bonded ceramic restorative materials is intended to reestablish function, shape, contour, color (hue, value and chroma), natural light transmission and strength of natural dentition.
Individually colored tooth restorations can be reproduced in exact shape and shade. The result is an individually fabricated restoration with an excellent fit and all the
characteristics of a natural tooth. Even when working in limited space, optimum aesthetic results can be obtained.
The Empress system yields excellent crowns, but is especially effective when used for inlays/onlays and veneers. Empress provides one of the strongest all-ceramic restorations available.
The restoration is modeled in wax and cast in a specially formulated investment. The system’s furnace then allows the restoration to be pressed in leucite reinforced ceramic porcelain. After removal from the oven, the restoration is finished to the required aesthetic and anatomical specifications, using staining and layering techniques.
IPS EMPRESS ESTHETIC
Pressed for Fit, Layered for Beauty
Developed by Lee Culp, CDT along with an international team of leading ceramists including Matt Roberts and Jürgen Seger, Ivoclar Vivadent is proud to announce the introduction of IPS Empress Esthetic, a new product line that optimizes the original IPS Empress materials and enhances this simple system for fabricating metal-free restorations.
The original IPS Empress material was designed to provide the opportunity for outstanding esthetics. This opportunity was realized by thousands of dental laboratories, tens of thousands of dentists, and millions of patients since its launch in 1991. Lee Culp, CDT and master ceramist, expanded the opportunity by designing a method of mixing various powders to be used with Empress ingots to create incredibly life-like veneers. Technicians have used this method of veneer fabrication for many years.
With the introduction of IPS Empress Esthetic, featuring the new IPS Empress Esthetic Veneer Material, your IPS Empress Center can create pressed and layered restorations that truly mimic the beauty of natural teeth and conserve valuable tooth structure. In addition, the IPS Empress Esthetic material’s color, clarity, strength, and leucite crystal distribution have all been enhanced resulting in improved strength and superior optical properties. IPS Empress Esthetic restorations are available from your IPS Empress Center in 12 ingot shades, including the new Empress Esthetic E03 ingot. The IPS Empress Esthetic Ingot Shade Guide has been developed to assist the clinician in determining the appropriate shade of ingot to prescribe.
For more than 15-years, the IPS Empress family of products has lead the Esthetic Revolution(SM). Now,
this trusted and proven material provides the dental technician with more tools to deliver the ultimate in metal-free esthetics. Ask your IPS Empress Center about IPS Empress Esthetic today.

