Preparation Guidelines

MicroDental is pleased to offer this preparation guide to illustrate the clinical protocol for some of today’s most requested restorative
alternatives. We encourage you to refer to this guide during preparation to ensure an aesthetic, comfortable and functional result.

Inlays/Onlays Finesse® All-Ceramic · IPS Empress® · belleGlass™ HP · Concept™ HP · Sinfony®

Concept inlay: 1.5mm wide gingival floor
1.5 depth at isthmus Concept inlay: 1.0 - 1.5mm wide gingival floor
1.0 - 1.5mm

Rounded
internal
line angles

60˚ to 80˚
Divergent walls 90˚ to 120˚ Butt joint margin
1.5 - 2.0mm isthmus width Butt joint margin

Inlay/Onlay Bridges belleGlass HP · Sinfony

Proximal box is established with modified
Establish outline form with modified shoulder bur; coarse
shoulder bur; medium Proximal/gingival margin smoothed with
tissue-protective flat end; medium

Minimum 1.5 - 2.1mm depth*

3.0 - 4.0mm isthmus with divergent walls

1.5mm gingival floor width

*2.0 - 2.5mm for fiber reinforcement from deepest
occlusal pit

Anterior Crowns Finesse All-Ceramic · Sinfony Procera® P2Z™ Captek P2C

IPS Empress · belleGlass HP
360˚ shoulder or deep chamfer
Overall 1.5mm with rounded internal line angles For porcelain margins, utilize
facial and lingual a deep chamfer or shoulder
reduction 90˚ - 120˚ preparation
Minimum
deep chamfer 1.5mm
Butt joint margin Minimum
or shoulder of facial
Finesse All-Ceramic: 1.0 - 1.5mm
1.0mm reduction
1.0mm reduction at facial
gingival margin reduction
2.0mm
incisal
1.5mm with a
lingual 3˚ - 6˚
1.0 - 1.5mm reduction
1.5 - 2.0mm 360˚ taper
gingival margin,
occlusal clearance chamfer 2.0mm incisal 1.5mm
facial and lingual
and incisal reduction reduction lingual 2.0mm
reduction
Rounded anterior incisal edge reduction incisal
(1.0mm in width) reduction

Veneers Finesse All-Ceramic · IPS Empress · Sinfony Facial reduction:

Traditional : 0.6mm
belleGlass HP
Sinfony: 1.0mm gingival Cutback : 1.0 - 1.5mm
Gingival chamfer facial reduction 1.0mm gingival
margin facial reduction
NOTE: To reduce black
Finesse All-Ceramic:
triangles or when tooth
deep chamfer or
size discrepancy is an
shoulder
issue, please break
contacts.
1.0mm incisal 0.5mm incisal
reduction reduction
Sinfony: 1.5mm Incisal reduction:
incisal reduction Traditional : 1.0mm
Cutback : 1.5 - 2.0mm

call 8 0 0 2 2 9 0 9 3 6
visit m i c r o d e n t a l d t i . c o m
Anterior Bridges belleGlass HP P2Z Captek P2C
Rounded anterior incisal edge For porcelain margins,
1.5 - 2.0mm lingual (1.0mm in width) utilize a deep chamfer or
clearance 1.0mm reductoion shoulder preparation
1.5 - 2.0mm 360˚ shoulder or at gingival margin
interproximal deep chamfer with
reduction rounded internal Minimum 1.0 - 1.5mm
line angles facial reduction

1.5mm
2.0mm facial and
occlusal lingual Approx.
and incisal reduction 3˚ - 6˚ taper
Supragingival butt margins 1.5mm lingual
as close to tissue as possible reduction reduction
2.0mm incisal
Approx. reduction
3˚ - 6˚ taper

Posterior Crowns Finesse All-Ceramic · IPS Empress Procera Level topography

1.5 - 2.0mm occlusal

1.5 - 2.0mm occlusal reduction from the Chamfer preparation
reduction from the deepest occlusal pit
deepest occlusal pit 1.0 - 1.5mm gingival
margin reduction

1.5mm buccal and Butt joint margins

lingual reduction Finesse All-Ceramic:
deep chamfer or 1.5mm buccal and
shoulder preparation lingual reduction

P2Z Captek P2C

Minimum 1.5 - 2.0mm Approx 3˚ - 6˚ taper Minimum 1.5mm occlusal

occlusal reduction from reduction from the deepest
the deepest occlusal pit occlusal pit

1.5mm buccal
and lingual
reduction
90˚ - 120˚ deep chamfer
or shoulder of 1.0mm
360˚ shoulder or deep
chamfer with rounded 1.5mm proximal
internal line angles reduction

Posterior Bridges P2Z Approx.

3˚ - 6˚
Captek P2C
Posterior crown
Approx.
3˚ - 6˚ taper preparation
taper
Posterior crown
preparation

360˚ shoulder or 1.5mm proximal

deep chamfer with 1.5mm buccal, lingual Posterior crown
reduction
rounded internal and margin reduction preparation
line angles

call 8 0 0 2 2 9 0 9 3 6
visit m i c r o d e n t a l d t i . c o m