Dandy's eMax crowns offer life-like translucency and seamlessly blend with surrounding teeth, making them popular for beautiful and long-lasting restorations. This guide provides an in-depth look at their properties, preparation procedures, and cementation options, ensuring you make informed decisions for optimal patient outcomes.
Dandy's eMax Offerings
Dandy offers two types of eMax crowns with various strengths, durability, and aesthetics.
Full-Contour Lithium Disilicate
- Offers high-aesthetic restorative material while maintaining strength.
- Ideal cases include:
- Single unit anterior
- Multiple anterior single-unit
- Veneers
- Bridges up to 3 units
Full-Contour Lithium Disilicate with layered porcelain:
- Offers the ultimate aesthetics with eMax layered porcelain
- Ideal cases include:
- Single unit anterior
- Multiple anterior single-unit
- Veneers
- Bridges up to 3 units
eMax Material Characteristics
| Characteristic | Full Contour eMax | Layered eMax |
| Strength |
Milled: 360 MPa |
Core: 360 MPa milled Layered Porcelain: 80 to 120 MPa |
| Construction | Full contour or with layered porcelain |
Emax Full Contour Layered Porcelain on fully milled core |
| Material shades |
Vita Classical 16 Vita 3D Master |
Vita Classical 16 Vita 3D Master |
| Stump shades | IPS Natural Die | IPS Natural Die |
| Constraints: Pontic | No more than one pontic consecutively | No more than one pontic consecutively |
eMax Preparation Guidelines
| Guideline | Full Contour eMax | Layered eMax |
| Margin type | Shoulder or Chamfer | Shoulder or Chamfer |
| Occlusal Clearance | 1.5 mm | 2.0 mm |
| Axial Wall Reduction | 1.2 mm (0.6 mm for veneer) | 1.2 mm (0.6 mm for veneer) |
| Margin Thickness | 1.0 mm | 1.0 mm |
American Dental Associates (ADA) Codes
Below are the ADA codes you can use for billing and insurance purposes.
- D2740: Crown Porcelain/Ceramic Substrate
- D6245: Pontic Porcelain/Ceramic
- D6740: Abutment Crown Porcelain/Ceramic
- D2610: Inlay, porcelain or ceramic, one surface
- D2620: Inlay, porcelain or ceramic; two surface
- D2630: Inlay, porcelain or ceramic; three or more surface
- D2642: Onlay, porcelain or ceramic, one surface
- D2643: Onlay, porcelain or ceramic, one surface
- D2644: Onlay, porcelain or ceramic, one surface
- D2962: Labial veneer (porcelain laminate)—laboratory
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Links to Material Safety Data Sheets for full contour eMax can be accessed below.