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Photo Essay<br />
The Pursuit of BruxZir ®<br />
Anterior Esthetics<br />
– ARTICLE by Michael C. DiTolla, DDS, FAGD<br />
<strong>Glidewell</strong> Laboratories continues to test what the lab can do with BruxZir ® Solid Zirconia crowns & bridges as it<br />
works to improve the esthetic nature of this zirconia material. BruxZir crowns now account for 15 percent of<br />
the anterior crowns fabricated at the lab, and as this number will likely continue to rise, the lab is committed to<br />
increasing the material’s ability to be predictably prescribed in anterior situations. This photo essay illustrates a case where<br />
we are prepping tooth #8 and #9 for BruxZir crowns. Tooth #8 is a natural tooth that has been endodontically treated,<br />
and tooth #9 has an existing PFM that needs to be replaced. To view a live video of the case, visit our Video Gallery at<br />
www.glidewelldental.com.<br />
Figure 1: Following my own advice, I am taking<br />
the shade before I do anything else to ensure<br />
that the teeth have no chance of dehydrating.<br />
When teeth dehydrate, they appear to be higher<br />
in value than they actually are. I am using the<br />
VITA Easyshade ® Compact (Vident; Brea, Calif.)<br />
to determine the shades on the adjacent teeth.<br />
Typically, I try to position the tip of the device<br />
in the middle third of the tooth, avoiding the<br />
increased chroma in the gingival third and the<br />
increased translucency in the incisal third.<br />
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