Shade Selection:
- For basic shades, use the Vita Lumin, Vita 3D Master or Chromascop
Shade Guides.
- For bleached shades, use the Chromascop Bleached Shade
Guide, Vita 3D Master Bleached Shade Guide or Illuminé Shade
Guide.
Laboratory Requirements:
- Thoroughly detailed prescription denoting which teeth are to be
crowned, extracted and/or bridged as well as selected shade.
- Clear and
accurate upper and lower full arch impressions and study models.
- Bite
registration.
Techniques and Tips:
A. Preparation
- Zeno Tec can be fabricated on precise 360º butt or chamfer
margin preparations. Clear margins are a prerequisite for an accurate
restoration.
- Margins should be sharp, but all internal features, whether
positive or negative, should be rounded as with any all-ceramic.
Avoid sharp
angles and undercuts.
- Maintain an even reduction of anatomical form.
- These are minimum requirements.
Strength will be increased with more tooth reduction (Note: opacity
will be less, translucency
will be better).
- Zeno Tec connector sizes of 12 mm2 (3 x 4 mm)
minimum are sufficient to create esthetic restorations with harmonious
dimension.
Much
more lifelike than 20 mm2 (4 x 5 mm) connector dimensions demanded
by
other systems.
- Include a pre-op model for all anterior cases.
Include an impression of temporaries for all anterior restorations
when
four units are
involved.


Adjustment Tips:
- Avoid internal adjustment of Zeno Tec restorations. When adjustments
are necessary, adjust prepped tooth.
- Porcelain sections of the restoration
may be polished with conventional ceramic polishing systems.
- Avoid use
of carbide burs.
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