New pre-shaded translucent zirconium oxide from Sirona

Fully anatomical restorations can now be made even quicker and with greater color accuracy. Sirona Dental Systems, innovation leader for dental CAD/CAM technology, now offers pre-shaded translucent zirconium oxide. inCoris TZI C is available in ten classic tooth colors and in three different block sizes.

The user can save time by using the pre-shaded ceramic blocks, as the restorations no longer need to be dipped and dried in coloring liquid. Another advantage is that since the block is a solid color all the way through, the user can avoid creating light areas when grinding. "inCoris TZI C combines the benefits of the pre-shaded material and the outstanding properties of translucent zirconium oxide in a single block: its strength keeps it from breaking and chipping, it is suitable for limited space requirements and it can be cemented," says Henning Jaecks, Global Product Manager CAD/CAM Consumables at Sirona.

The new zirconium oxide blocks are ideal for the production of full crowns and fully anatomical bridges with the inLab and CEREC production units. inCoris TZI C is classically sintered and can be finalized with commercial paints and gloss paints. The inFire HTC speed sintering furnace from Sirona quickly sinters inCoris TZI C in 60 minutes, as it does with all of Sirona's other zirconium oxides (inCoris ZI and inCoris TZI). With inCoris TZI C, Sirona has once again brought the quickest zirconium oxide restoration onto the market.

The simple workflow also makes pre-shaded translucent zirconium oxide interesting for the dentist – simple crown and bridge work can be carried out chairside with the CEREC system. The elimination of two work steps (drying and dipping) saves around 30 minutes and can significantly increase productivity. The zirconium oxide restorations can also be classically cemented.