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Lava™ Precision solutions

We integrate digital technology and material science in an intuitive way to help dentists and labs improve productivity while offering superior oral care.


Lava™ Precision Solutions

It's easy to offer

It's easy for dentists and labs to offer Lava™ restorations without investing in hardware.

Lava™ Indications

Indications

Get more from your Lava investment. Tap into resources available from 3M ESPE.

Lava™ Business models

Flexible business models for labs

3M ESPE offers three business models that make it possible for any size of lab to offer genuine Lava™.

Lava™ Chairside Oral Scanner

Lava™ Chairside Oral Scanner C.O.S.

3M ESPE will soon offer digital impressioning with Lava C.O.S.

Lava™ Authenticate

Authenticate your Lava™ Restoration

How do you know you have a Genuine Lava Restoration?

Lava™ Brand is Hot

The Lava brand is hot.

Find out why doctors ask for Lava™ restorations by name more than all the other zirconia brands combined.

Lava Before and After photos

Photography courtesy of Ariel Raigrodski, DMD, MS

Every day more dentists ask their lab for the Lava brand from 3M ESPE. Lava restorations are made with Lava zirconia and are designed and milled with the innovative Lava CAD/CAM system. The combination of materials and precision milling produces a strong restoration with an excellent marginal fit.

With a broad range of indications available, it's easy to offer Lava™ restorations.


Lava™ Precision solutions

3M ESPE believes there is more to a partnership than just selling equipment. It is about consistency, security and support.


Lava™ Milling

Consistency:

  • 3M has 100+ years manufacturing excellence
  • Doctors ask for the Lava™ Brand by name
  • Precision CAD/CAM system

3M

Security:

  • In 2006, 3M spent $1.5 billion in research and development, creating practical and ingenious solutions to help our customers succeed
  • 3M ESPE has a history of innovative products that are rigorously tested before being introduced to the market
  • Strong commitment to digital dentistry by the purchase of Brontes Technologies

3M ESPE support

Support:

  • 3M ESPE help grow your business with technical service and educational resources
  • 3M ESPE helps grow your business with business planning, marketing and sales support
  • 3M ESPE has a nationwide sales force-more than 130 strong calling on dentists and labs daily

Lava™ Precision solutions

A complete family of products that come from the integration of materials science and digital technology.


Lava™  Precision Solutions

Lava™ Frame Zirconia

Not all zirconia is created equal. Learn why more dentists ask for Lava™ Zirconia than all the other brands of zirconia combined.1

Lava™ Form Milling System

Lava™ Form Milling System

Lava™ Copings and Frameworks are milled with precision, and without supervision or manual intervention.

Lava™ Scan ST Scanner

Lava™ Scan ST Scanner

Our scanner is part of the Lava CAD/CAM system for Lava™ Milling Centers or as a satellite scanner for Lava™ Design Centers.

Lava™  Therm Furnace

Lava™ Therm Furnace

Our oven is programmed with a secret sintering profile and is an important part of the Lava™ CAD/CAM system.

Lava™ Precision Solutions

Design your future

Learn about our latest software upgrade which allows labs to offer more while increasing productivity.

Lava™ Ceram Overlay

Lava™ Ceram Overlay Porcelain

Designed for Lava™ Zirconia, our porcelain provides proven strength to Lava™ copings and frameworks.

Handling and Prep Guide for Lava™ Restorations (PDF, 834KB)
Detailed instructions for dentists and labs

A Collection of Scientific Results (PDF, 1.5MB)
A collection of published research studies

Lava™ Technical Product Profile (PDF, 826KB)

Lava™ Flyer (PDF, 419KB)
A general overview for dentists.

Lava™ Procedure Video (WMV, 12.2MB)
View the clinical procedure

Lava™ Zirconia Scientific Facts (PDF, 1.3MB)