IPS Empress Ceramics Crowns and Porcelain Bridges

IPS Empress is one of the most established ceramics for ceramic crowns and porcelain bridges. With 20 years of clinical experience in leucite glass-ceramics, IPS Empress crowns and ceramic bridges has inspired confidence and is the tried, tested and trusted ceramic system for many years.

More than 40 million IPS Empress rsestorations has been done by cosmetic dentists and this speak for the lasting lifelike appearance as well as the continuing success and the high quality standard of the IPS Empress system.

Benefits of IPS Empress Crowns and Porcelain Bridges

• IPS Empress provides highly esthetic pressed and CAD/CAM-fabricated restorations.
• IPS Empress crowns and IPS Empress bridges have natural chameleon effect for optimum shade match.
• The leucite glass-ceramic bridges and porcelain crowns has been proven more than 40 million times with a flexural strength of 160 MPa.

IPS Empress CAD and CAM System

The IPS Empress System is now synonymous with utmost esthetics in the restoration of dental defects such a replacing damaged teeth with all porcelain bridges and ceramic crowns. Since the introduction of IPS Empress, the popular all-ceramic material may now additionally be processed in a modern fashion using the CAD/CAM technology.

IPS Empress CAD blocks can be used as a high-performance all-ceramic material with the majority of CAD/CAM processing technology for ceramic crowns and ceramic bridges. With its homogeneity and light scattering behaviour, IPS Empress CAD/CAM system materials provides a balanced chameleon effect and reflect true-to-nature translucency for esthetic looking all porcelain crowns and porcelain bridges.

IPS Empress CAD blocks are available in different translucency levels and as polychromatic multi-blocks with tooth color shades of A-D, Chromascop as well as light bleach shades:

	IPS Empress HT Blocks The IPS Empress CAD HT blocks with high translucency are mainly used for the milling of smaller restorations such as inlaysm overlays and inlays.
	IPS Empress LT Blocks The IPS Empress LT blocks has a lower translucency (LT) that provides chroma and brightness. IPS Empress LT are thus ideal suitable larger restorations such as partial crowns, porcelain crowns and porcelain bridges.
	Multi Blocks The IPS Empress Multi blocks has true-to-nature shade and fluorescence transition between the dentin and the incisal areas. The polychromatic IPS Empress Multi blocks maximum of esthetics and lifelike appearance to porcelain crowns and porcelain bridges without characterization.