Prep guidelines
Follow our guidelines for optimal dental outcomes
Full ceramic restoration of teeth
Careful preparation is decisive for the accuracy of fit and durability of the restoration.
- Precise marginal design with a circular shoulder with rounded inner edges is important.
- Avoid sharp transitions and feather edges.
- Adhesive cementation permits defect-oriented preparation.
In order to achieve sufficiently strong restorations, the minimum thicknesses has to be observed.
Please download the guidelines here for more information on ideal preparations for crowns, inlays and onlays etc.
The images below may also help produce the ideal prep in different scenarios.
Below you can see some examples of “ideal” preps which have been recorded with a 3D intra-oral scanner.
To see our proposed digital workflow click here.
Last Updated on 22/07/24 by Webmaster