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e.max

®

CAD-on

Product Information

IPS

Description of the IPS e.max CAD-on
technique

The IPS e.max CAD-on technique allows the lithium disilicate glass-
ceramic (LS2) IPS e.max CAD to be used for the fabrication of high-
strength zirconium oxide-based restorations. 
The CAD/CAM-based fabrication technique IPS e.max CAD-on is 
characterized by the combination of the two materials: IPS e.max 
CAD and IPS e.max ZirCAD (zirconium oxide). The LS2 glass-ceramic 
is already being very successfully used for single-tooth restorations, 
e.g. monolithic crowns, and serves as veneering structure in the  
IPS e.max CAD-on technique. The zirconium oxide material IPS e.max 
ZirCAD is used for the fabrication of a high-strength framework. 
Both components are designed in the software and milled to high 
precision in the milling unit. The IPS e.max ZirCAD framework is then 
sintered in the Programat

®

 S1, for instance. The homogeneous all-

ceramic fusion between the two separately milled parts is achieved 
with a specially developed innovative fusion glass-ceramic during the 
crystallization of the IPS e.max CAD material. 

Increasing speed and efficiency

The IPS e.max CAD-on technique increases the efficiency and pro-
ductivity in the fabrication of tooth- or implant-borne posterior resto-
rations. With this technique, zirconium oxide-supported IPS e.max 
CAD restorations which are unmatched in terms of strength and 
esthetics can be fabricated with little manual work in one workday. 
The IPS e.max CAD-on technique can be applied as an alternative to 
the layering or press-on technique. 

IPS e.max CAD veneering structure

IPS e.max CAD Crystall./Connect fusion glass-ceramic

IPS e.max ZirCAD framework

Zirconium oxide (ZrO

2

)

Nano-fluorapatite

glass-ceramic

Fluorapatite

glass-ceramic

Lithium disilicate (LS

2

)

Glass-ceramic

Layering technique

CAD-on technique

Pr

ess-on

technique