Conventional porcelain is fused to semi-precious, white or yellow high noble alloy. An ideal restoration for your most demanding patients, we apply the latest technology in processing your PFMs to ensure esthetics and ideal fits, contacts and occlusion that seat with little to no chairside adjustment. All Smith-Sterling PFM restorations are backed by a seven-year free replacement warranty.
PFM Alloy Options
PREP REQUIREMENTS
The ideal preparation for PFMs is a chamfer margin preparation. If a porcelain labial margin is prescribed, then a shoulder margin preparation is required. Feather-edge margin preparations are indicated for full-cast restorations.
RECOMMENDED CEMENTATION
- Resin Ionomer cement (RelyX, 3M ESPE)
- Panavia 21 -ideal for short, tapered preparations
- Glass ionomer cement (GC Fuji, GC America)
- Zinc Phosphate
- Polycarboxylate
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