New product: 3M expands zirconia shade portfolio

DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Jun 7, 2018

3M has expanded the shade portfolio of the company's Lava Esthetic fluorescent full-contour zirconia material.

The material now comes in 17 shades, including 16 Vita North America classic shades and one bleach shade. Desirable monolithic restorations can be produced by a mill-sinter-glaze process, according to the company.

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