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Dr. DiTolla’s
CLINICAL TIPS
PRODUCT........ BruxZir ® Solid Zirconia
SOURCE........... Glidewell Laboratories
Newport Beach, Calif.
800-854-7256
bruxzir.com
BruxZir Update: I would be lying if I said I wasn’t a little surprised by the meteoric rise of
BruxZir crowns. As a dentist who has been burned by the failure of all-ceramic crowns in
the past, I knew there was a need in the market for a high-strength, tooth-colored crown for
patients who wouldn’t accept cast gold — I just never knew if that was a Southern California
phenomenon or not. We talk about BruxZir being “more brawn than beauty” because of
its strength and because it may not look quite as good as a typical all-ceramic crown. In the
patient’s eyes, however, it looks much more esthetic than cast gold.
I thought I’d share with you where dentists are most prescribing BruxZir. As expected, dentists
are primarily using it on first and second molars. We might have to modify our slogan
one day though, because the first couple anterior BruxZir cases I have placed look pretty
darn good. I look forward to sharing those results with you in a future issue.
# OF CASES
1,600
1,400
1,200
1,000
800
600
400
200
0
TOOTH LOCATION UPPER
Single Unit Cases
1,431
1,434
954
1,022
441
506
296
288
16
16 12 12 15 8 21
16
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
TOOTH #
# OF CASES
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
1,951
1,750
TOOTH LOCATION LOWER
Single Unit Cases
361
374
55 104 20 6 8 5 9 17 130
1,789
1,588
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
TOOTH #
62
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