Highly regarded for its strength, durability, and esthetic qualities, zirconia is an excellent material for a dental restoration, and zirconia CAD/CAM blocks allow clinicians to create high-quality chairside restorations in short order.
Although it may sound too good to be true, Kuraray now offers an all-in-one solution for strength, natural beauty, and workflow efficiency in one CAD/CAM block. Optimized for use with the CEREC workflow, KATANA Zirconia ONE features just 1 standard-size block for crowns and 1 for bridges, allowing practices to streamline inventory while creating natural-looking, long-lasting restorations in mere minutes.
Fast and Efficient
Designed for fast and efficient chairside milling, “KATANA Zirconia ONE is unique from other materials because it takes less than 5 minutes to dry mill in Super Fast mode with CEREC Primemill,” said Dr. Penelope Chang. Combined with an 18-minute sintering time, she can fabricate a full zirconia single-unit restoration in about 35 minutes. “It’s great being able to offer esthetic zirconia restorations chairside that have such a fast workflow, while providing the best possible restoration for the patient,” she added.
Esthetics and Strength
A super-translucent, multilayered material, KATANA Zirconia ONE combines strength, accuracy, and esthetics, and Dr. Jeffrey Briney is thrilled to have a chairside restorative solution where he doesn’t need to sacrifice esthetics for strength.
“The single-unit crowns and 3-unit bridges that I fabricate with this material and the CEREC digital workflow are beyond my expectations,” he declared. Each block has 4 layers that blend seamlessly, and the zirconia’s strength does not deviate between layers, which “allows for beautiful chroma and translucency with exceptional strength,” said Dr. Chang.
Accurate Final Restorations
“I love that the margins of each restoration are precise with no chipping,” shared Dr. Briney, who has successfully used KATANA Zirconia ONE “for second molars with limited interocclusal space, for feathering edge margins in veneers, and for posterior bridges in occlusal disease cases where fracture resistance is key.” In all cases, he said, “KATANA Zirconia ONE provides a confidence that the material will not fail and gives patients a successful prognosis.”
“The most important qualities to provide to patients are precise margins, strength, and cosmetics, and KATANA Zirconia ONE allows me to confidently provide all three,” he concluded. “At the end of the day, I know I provided my patients with one of the most advanced materials in our industry.”
