3M Essentials Zirconia

A New Product from the Gold Rush Department! 3M has introduced a cost effective zirconia that differs from Lava only slightly in that it is 10% less translucent and 900 mpa in strength.

Applications include:

  • Single crowns
  • 3-unit bridges up to 29.7 mm in length
  • Splinted crowns (maximum 4 splinted crowns)
  • 3-unit inlay/onlay and 2-unit or 3-unit Maryland bridges (inlay and
    Maryland bridges have not been approved for patients with bruxism)