Cement Recommendations

Cement Recommendations

With the vast numbers of all ceramic restorations  available today proper  cement selection has become somewhat confusing. To help sort through the many different materials and cement choices we have developed the following table.

Ceramic type
 Restoration type
 Cement or Bond
 Cementation Protocol
 Recommended Cements
Lithium Disilicate: IPS e.max

 Inlays, Onlays, Crowns, bridges (Anterior only)
 Bond or Cement
 Tooth Surface:
  1. Etch with phosphoric acid
  2. Rinse
  3. Apply bonding agent
Ceramic interface:
  1. Etch with HF (done at lab)
  2. Silanate chairside
  3. Cement with light cure or duel cure cement
Or:

Use self-adhesive cement
 3M Espy RelyX ARC Adhesive
resin cement,
3M RelyX Unicem,
Panavia F20
Variolink II
Veneers
 Bond
 Tooth Surface:
  1. Etch with phosphoric acid
  2. Rinse
  3. Apply bonding agent
Ceramic interface:
  1. Etch with HF (done at lab)
  2. Silanate chairside
  3. Cement with light cure or duel cure cement
 Variolink Veneer
3M RelyX Veeneer cement
High Lucite
IPS Empress

 Inlays, Onlays, Crowns
 Bond
 Tooth Surface:
  1. Etch with phosphoric acid
  2. Rinse
  3. Apply bonding agent Ceramic interface:
  4. Etch with HF (done at lab)
  5. Silanate chairside
  6. Cement with light
 Variolink II
RelyX ARC
Ultrabond Plus
Veneers
 Bond
 Tooth Surface:
  1. Etch with phosphoric acid
  2. Rinse
  3. Apply bonding agent
Ceramic interface:
  1. Etch with HF (done at lab)
  2. Silanate chairside
  3. Cement with light cure or duel cure cement
 Variolink II
RelyX ARC
Ultrabond Plus
Zirconia, Full contour and layered
CAP FZ, Lava
 Crowns, Bridges
 Cement (cases with good retention)
Bond (Cases that lack retention)
 No etching or bonding
Use self-adhesive resin cement
 3M RelyX Unicem self-adhesive universal resin cement,
3M Espy Durelon
Feldspathic
 Veneers
 Bond
 Tooth Surface:
  1. Etch with phosphoric acid
  2. Rinse
  3. Apply bonding agent
Ceramic interface:
  1. Etch with HF (done at lab)
  2. Silanate chairside
  3. Cement with light cure or duel cure cement
 3M Espy RelyX Veneer Cement,
Variolink II with ExciteTE
Resin Nano Ceramic
 Lava Ultimate
 Adhesive resin cement
 Self Etch Protocol: When risk of post bonding tooth sensitivity exists.
Total Etch Protocol: Cases with poor retention form
 RelyX Ultimate