All-Ceramic Restorative Options

Within our All-Ceramic solutions, we utilize industry leading equipment and materials to deliver unmatched quality and precision-fit custom restorations. To accomplish this, we offer several choices of lithium disilicate restorative materials from which to choose:

LiSi:
The first all-ceramic material is GC America’s Initial LiSi, or LiSi for short. GC LiSi is a 3rd generation lithium disilicate material indicated for full crowns, veneers, inlays, onlays and 3-unit bridges for use in the anterior region. This material (about 20 years of use in the marketplace) has some advantages over its competitors, and it really shines in the aesthetic arena as it offers a couple of added optical nuances you're sure to appreciate.

LiSi utilizes a patented MicroDensification process to further ‘frit’ the lithium disilicate crystals into the smallest nano-sized particles. The yielded benefits are several fold:

1) nano particles within the glass matrix translates to a denser, more homogeneous restoration which not only is stronger, minimizes crack propagation, and also is kinder to the opposing dentition affording a lower Vickers Hardness as wear characteristics similar to that of natural enamel..
2) nano particles inherently interact with light in a very authentic way, much akin to hydroxy-apetite or natural tooth enamel. The particles are so miniscule that they reflect all wavelengths of light except the shortest, which is ice blue; when the longest light waves pass through the nano particles, the observed color is amber-like. Why is this so significant, because for decades, we ceramists have been trying to replicate this opal effect phenomenon by using colored porcelain powders or stains within our ceramic layering. Now, we can have our cake and eat it too, as the nano particles behave naturally as teeth do in virtually any light source.