SHOFU DENTAL GMBH

Only perfectly polished zirconia surfaces minimise plaque formation and protect the natural antagonists. A perfect polish is crucial to the sustainable aesthetics, durable and precise function, and high wearing comfort of metal-free monolithic restorations. ZirGloss, the high-performance polishing compound by SHOFU, is designed specifically for professionally polishing monolithic, all-ceramic zirconia and lithium disilicate restorations to a high gloss in just a few seconds.

Hardness is not the reason why high-strength zirconia restorations may damage antagonist teeth: It is the rough surface of inadequately polished zirconia that abrades natural antagonists to a greater extent than enamel[1]. This makes flawless final surface polishing so important – not only to technicians, but also to clinicians, e.g. after performing occlusal adjustments.

ZirGloss allows you to polish zirconia surfaces to a high gloss in a minimum of time. The compound is based on diamond and alumina particles of well-matched grits, which are embedded in a carrier paste and optimise the removal rate and the gloss level.

The carrier paste keeps the abrasive mineral particlesin the layer that is in contact with the ceramic surface and controllably releases them, depending on the contact pressure applied to a goat or bison hair brush and the temperature development when polishing with a handpiece. You can accurately polish even the finest details of the occlusal anatomy. The result is a dense, high-gloss surface with all contours, virtually eliminating the need for final firing.

ZirGloss is very economical to use. Thanks to its firm consistency, the compound does not splatter when loading the brush.

Final polishing with ZirGloss is an integral part of a systematic three-step process of extraoral surface treatment.

ZirGloss Polishing Compound comes in 20 g jars.

The new SHOFU Disk ZR Lucent Supra combines high-strength zirconia varieties in an extremely powerful multilayer CAD/CAM material. Translucencies increasing from the cervical to the enamel zone and outstanding flexural strength of over 1,000 MPa in all zones make it a premium restorative meeting every clinical challenge – Monolithic, partly and fully veneered.

The wide range of indications extends to 14-unit bridges with two pontics. Thanks to higher light reflection in the cervical area, Disk ZR Lucent Supra also features a lifelike appearance without any compromise, especially in cases requiring more effective masking, such as discoloured stumps or implants.

The layers consist of different zirconia varieties with different strength and translucencies:

- Enamel: strength 1,034 MPa – translucency 44 % 
- Dentin: strength 1,163 MPa – translucency 40 % 
- Cervical: strength 1,454 MPa – translucency 37 %

Different particle sizes of the zirconia varieties influence the strength and appearance of the restoration. The larger the particles, the more light they transmit and the less light they refract or reflect. The finer the particles, the more they reflect and scatter light on their surfaces, known as grain boundaries.

The result is a vital, intense light reflection in the high-strength cervical area, which decreases towards the incisal. The restorations appear significantly brighter, more vivid and brilliant than conventional translucent multilayer zircons, even on implants.

In addition to the optical advantages, the high flexural strength over the entire height of the disc offers more safety for large restorations. This gives users the freedom to choose any nesting position in the disc.

Restorations made of Disk ZR Lucent Supra can be shade-optimised and sealed using the staining technique or aesthetically perfected with a reduced framework using the layering technique.

Shofu Disk ZR Lucent Supra 98.5 mm discs are available in 12 shades and 5 heights.

Vintage Art Universal provides groundbreaking options for 2D and 3D characterisation of monolithic restorations

Until now, dental technicians had to accept that the high strength of monolithic crowns and bridges made of zirconia or lithium disilicate comes with the downside of suboptimal aesthetic results. The Vintage Art Universal Stain and Glaze System by SHOFU is designed to solve this problem; it can be used on absolutely all dental ceramics and substantially expands the range of creative options.

Vintage Art Universal Liquid allows technicians to traditionally stain and glaze the surfaces of layered ceramic restorations (2D staining technique), with or without fluorescence, depending on the substrate. Yamamoto True Color Mixing Liquid brings out the best in Shofu’s stains and glazes: When mixed with this special liquid, the materials create the illusion of spatial depth even on monolithic restorations (3D staining technique). What is more: Thanks to the glass-like refractive index of Yamamoto Liquid, users already see during the mixing and application steps what the final colour and translucency will look like after firing.

The new powder stains are much finer than previous powders and therefore denser. This results in vibrant colours with good opacity. A higher glass load in the powder further increases the strength of the bond created between the stain and the underlying monolithic restoration during sintering.

Vintage Art Universal is ideal for any dental laboratory fabricating or processing full or partial-contour monolithic CAD/CAM restorations. The system can be used by both ambitious beginners, who need to achieve good results when pressed for time in their daily work, and experienced professionals, whose customised restorations should satisfy even experts.

With the Solidilite LED Light Curing Unit, SHOFU is breaking new ground, not only in the choice of light sources. The highly efficient combination of light and heat energy is also new. It optimises the curing and post-curing of light-cured dental materials and shortens preliminary and final curing cycles by up to 50 %.

While traditional LED light curing units with blue and violet LEDs emit light waves ranging from 390 to 500 nanometres (nm) in wavelength, the Solidilite LED with 12 blue, 12 white and 6 UV LEDs covers a light spectrum, ranging from 380 to 650 nm. So the unit is well-equipped, even for curing future generations of C&B composites and 3D printing materials. The heat energy produced by the white LEDs further enhances and accelerates the curing process.

The whisper-quiet Solidilite LED is perfectly matched to the needs of the Solidex, Ceramage and Ceramage Up veneering composites. Its broad band of wavelengths and enormous efficiency of its LEDs extend its range of use to virtually all light-curing materials handled in the dental lab.

Thanks to the XXL curing chamber, objects can be placed and oriented together with their working models and split cast bases, and 3D-printed components can be post-cured with all their support structures. The chamber even provides space for clear duplicating flasks, as used for composite application to frameworks; the light of the powerful LEDs easily passes through flask and silicone and reliably cures the composite. The turntable ensures that workpieces are exposed to light 360° without any shadows.

The high-power LEDs have a life of about 40,000 operating hours. During this time, the unit constantly delivers the same light output and intensity as on the first day.

Five programmes simplify operation. The times are matched to the materials used and can be selected from 30 seconds to 5 minutes.

The robust and easy-to-clean aluminium housing facilitates compliance with today’s hygiene standards in the dental lab.

Finishing Faster: One-Step Finishers and Polishers Now Mounted and Sterilisable

Why not finish and polish easily and efficiently in one step – without the need to mount or change instruments? Using SHOFU´s OneGloss M Polishers, almost all composite restorations and enamel surfaces can be finished and polished to a high gloss with one instrument in one step – quickly, safely and simply.

These silicone polishers with aluminium oxide, which already exist as single-use instruments – OneGloss (unmounted polishers with mandrels) and OneGloss PS (polishers mounted on durable plastic mandrels) – are now also available as autoclavable one-piece instruments in four different shapes!

Whether you wish to effectively finish and polish composite restorations, gently remove excess cement, polish enamel surfaces after removing brackets and bands or performing prophylaxis procedures, or eliminate surface stains: The OneGloss M Polishers, premounted on stainless-steel contra-angle shanks, offer you excellent versatility, gentle material removal and high safety. You can perfectly contour, finish and polish even the hardest composite and enamel surfaces in one step without changing instruments or using a polishing paste – just by varying the contact pressure.

For simple, but perfect finishing and high-gloss polishing, the sterilisable OneGloss M Polishers are available in four shapes – Midi-Point, Mini-Point, Cup and IC (Inverted Cone) – allowing you to easily access and treat all tooth surfaces in your patient´s mouth.

Creating professional photo documentations after only a short learning curve? No problem – with SHOFU EyeSpecial, the dedicated dental camera. The EyeSpecial has everything your dental practice or laboratory really needs. It possesses smart special features, is easy to operate, reproducibly takes excellent images, and its use can be delegated to your assistants without any lengthy training.
 
The SHOFU EyeSpecial has built-in photographic expertise. The camera relieves users of their worries about ring flash, aperture, depth of field etc. and has everything needed to easily take informative patient images – without any specialist knowledge of photography or additional equipment. Thanks to its smart integrated features, the EyeSpecial reliably produces excellent photos, without any time-consuming alignment of flashes or other settings and adjustments.
 
Like no other camera, the EyeSpecial supports modern hygiene practices in your operatory. The completely smooth camera body can be quickly and thoroughly disinfected between two patients, and menu navigation on the touch panel works properly even when you wear disposable gloves.
 
This ultralight high-performance camera does not require any heavy accessories. It can easily be held with one hand, freeing the other to hold a cheek retractor or a mirror. And the integrated flash system provides the optimal light, irrespective of the ambient light conditions.
 
Just like its predecessor, the new EyeSpecial C-IV has special shooting modes for ease of use and quicker results. Thanks to the autofocus feature, you can concentrate on subject and shutter or, even better, delegate photo documentations to your assistants. The camera now offers a video feature for case documentations in “motion pictures” and an optional cross polarizer, allowing you to look inside a tooth without any light reflections.

Thin, flowable, low-viscosity... Whatever you call the consistency: Once you discover the free build-up technique of Ceramage UP with dispenser, probe or brush, you will never want to return to paste and spatula. This light-cured indirect composite combines the benefits of ceramics and composites in one high-performance material: high strength and elasticity and a maximum of lifelike longevity and aesthetics.
 
As a complete system, Ceramage UP can be used for all classic indications, such as full veneering of crowns and bridges, telescopic and implant-supported restorations, or characterisation of denture teeth. Thanks to its high flexural strength, comparable to that of pressed ceramics, it is even suitable for occlusal surfaces of posterior teeth.
 
The thixotropic behaviour of Ceramage UP makes free build-up fun: The material does not slump, but stays where you want it to be. The wide range of shades and the option to mix the shades with each other give this composite a ceramic-like creative potential.
 
Above all, Ceramage UP proves itself in the supreme discipline of veneering composites: telescopic crowns. Since these crowns are almost always directly adjacent to prefabricated teeth, veneering composites have to show a good shade match and high opacity, especially when layer thicknesses are low.
 
Ceramage UP now allows you to work more comfortably, from surface pretreatment by conventional sandblasting to the use of a reliable bonding system and a ready-made opaque and shorter waiting times before layering. Light-curing is also much faster – without the need for any additional equipment.

SHOFU Block HC Hard combines the best characteristics of high-strength ceramics and high-performance composites in a hybrid-ceramic material. Ceramic-like strength makes your restorations extremely wear-resistant and durable, and composite-like elasticity allows them to effectively absorb masticatory forces. Thanks to these benefits, this new hybrid ceramic is the ideal alternative to traditional ceramics for permanent, monolithic anterior and posterior single-tooth restorations.
 
Block HC Hard is particularly interesting if you wish to offer your patients aesthetic, chairside single-tooth restorations which are highly durable, ensure long-term occlusal stability, are gentle on antagonists and require much less time for the grinding process. Indications range from inlays, onlays & overlays to veneers, anterior and posterior full-coverage crowns and implant-supported single-tooth restorations.
 
Especially in challenging occlusal situations, Block HC Hard absorbs masticatory forces, helping to avoid parafunctions and damage to antagonists. This benefit is based on the high flexibility of the composite component, which cushions the masticatory forces acting on the restorations just like the shock absorbers in your car.
 
Block HC Hard’s three-point flexural strength of over 270 MPa stands out from that of feldspathic ceramic and other hybrid ceramic blocks, ensuring high edge stability, even when margins are thin, and low occlusal abrasion for durable restorations.
 
HC Hard is your time-saving option for creating highly aesthetic restorations: manual polishing – without any firing and glazing; adapting the shade by means of the staining technique; customising by means of the layering technique.
 
HC Hard allows you to choose from blocks with universal or CEREC holders. This means the blocks can be processed in virtually all dental CAD/CAM milling systems. Each block type comes in 11 shades: 6 low and 3 high-translucency shades, one occlusal and one incisal shade.

Whether you wish to build up occlusal surfaces and anatomical details, line cavity floors or fill occlusal and cervical cavities: With Beautifil Flow Plus X, SHOFU offers you a universal, durable hybrid composite, available in two viscosities – F00 and F03 – for optimal flowability and dimensional stability in all clinical indications. This light-cured direct restorative combines the handling properties of flowable composites with the strength, durability and aesthetics of packable hybrid composites.

The special features of Beautifil Flow Plus X include exceptional sculptability, two viscosities and the preventive benefits of the integrated S-PRG filler, such as fluoride release, anti-plaque effect and acid neutralisation. Excellent light diffusion properties create a well-balanced chameleon effect, so that your restorations harmoniously blend in with the adjacent teeth.

Beautifil Flow Plus X F00 and F03 are only slightly different in viscosity:
• F00 (Zero Flow) – Excellent shape retention, ideal for build-up. The flowability of F00 is so low that the paste is not deformed during layering.
• F03 (Low Flow) – Moderate shape retention and viscosity plus perfect adaptation. The self-levelling F03 paste thoroughly wets the cavity walls and is therefore ideal for filling.

Thanks to SHOFU´s improved Giomer Technology, both viscosities of Beautifil Flow Plus X are characterised by optimised polishability and high surface gloss retention. After removing the unpolymerised layer, the material already shows its inherent lustre; it can then be easily polished to a high gloss in a few seconds.

Beautifil Flow Plus X F00 and F03 are available in nine common tooth shades each, plus various dentin, enamel, bleach and effect shades, based on the shade range and the proven shade stability of the entire Beautifil line.

Zirconomer Improved is a reliable and durable, tooth-coloured, zirconia-reinforced restorative glass ionomer. It is a safe and successful alternative to silver amalgam: It combines the strength and durability of amalgam with the protective effects of glass ionomers, while eliminating the health hazards associated with mercury. It can be used wherever the use of conventional glass ionomer cements is limited by their insufficient strength.

The new Zirconomer Improved contains zirconia fillers, giving your restorations not only the high mechanical strength needed for stress bearing posterior restorations, but also increased translucency for a better shade match to natural teeth. Thanks to its remarkable translucency, the material is ideal for core build-ups covered with high-end all-ceramic restorations.

Thanks to its combination of superior strength, high durability and sustained protection by fluoride release, Zirconomer Improved is the material of choice for permanent posterior restorations in patients with high caries incidence and cases in which strong cores and bases are particularly important:
• Occlusal and proximal Class I and II cavities,
• Long-term temporary restorations with cusp involvement,
• Atraumatic restorative treatments (ART), e.g. in children,
• Strong core build-ups under all indirect restorations,
• Paediatric and geriatric restorations.

Excellent handling characteristics make Zirconomer Improved an ideal material for easy and quick bulk placement. It is very easy to mix and apply and adheres to the tooth structure without any surface conditioning.

Zirconomer Improved is available in a 1-1 set containing 12 g powder, 5 ml liquid, measuring spoon, spatula and mixing pad.

Beautifil II LS (Low Shrinkage), the paste-like composite system which has been developed based on the proven Beautifil II, ensures the dentists minimum shrinkage and maximum aesthetics. The most remarkable feature of this light-cured universal composite for anterior and posterior restorations is its unique shrinkage(1) of 0.85 percent by volume! Its polishability is also excellent, and it optimally matches natural tooth shades. Besides, the integrated S-PRG filler technology helps to effectively protect enamel and dentin from acid attacks and caries bacteria – for an outstanding restorative therapy characterised by high aesthetics, long-term stability, and sustainable caries prevention!

This radiopaque universal composite greatly enhances aesthetics: The use of multifunctional glass fillers and prepolymerised composite fillers provides high abrasion resistance, antagonist-friendly surface hardness and optimal compressive strength. Besides, it leads to natural light reflection, which facilitates the reproduction of natural tooth structure and creates a well-balanced chameleon effect in both dentine and enamel. Thanks to its special filler structure, restorations can quickly be polished to a high gloss.

The shade range consists of ten universal shades, two opaque dentine shades, one enamel shade and one bleach shade, allowing users to meet all aesthetic requirements on both multi-layer and single-layer techniques. The materials feature high colour stability, and thanks to their stackable and non-sticky consistency they can easily and quickly be applied, sculpted and adapted to the tooth structure.

Beautifil II LS comes in user-friendly syringes with convenient „one-touch caps“ or packs of 20 tips.

(1) Polymerisation shrinkage tested to ISO 17304:2013 (E)

The Super-Snap- and Super-Snap X-Treme polishing system consists of coated disks used for polishing microfilled and hybrid composites.

Indications in the dental practice: Contouring, finishing, polishing and high-gloss polishing of composite restorations
• Contouring: Super-Snap disk black (coarse grift)
• Finishing: Super-Snap disk violet (medium grift)
• Polishing: Super-Snap disk green (fine grift)
• High-gloss polishing: Super-Snap disk red (superfine grift)

Benefits:
• Extremely thin and highly flexible
• No metal centre
• Consistent 4-step contouring, finishing and polishing system
• No gouging of enamel or restoration
• Disk securely attached to the mandrel (maximum control during polishing)

Super-Snap disks have elastic shank mounts which allow easy placing of the disks onto the mandrel. The disks are manufactured without a metal centre, thus avoiding gouging and discolouration of the composite or enamel. The thin disks are flexible, bending without breaking and allowing easier access to interproximal areas. The disks are available with the safe side down, safe side up and coated on both sides and come in standard (ø 12 mm) and mini size (ø 8 mm).

The Super-Snap Disk Kit contains 180 well-matched disks in four different grits (100 pcs. standard / 80 pcs. mini), 2 Dura-White stones (CN1 and FL2), 1 CompoSite Fine midipoint and 4 CA steel mandrels.

The Super-Snap X-Treme Disk Kit contains 160 disks in four different grits (80 pcs. Super-Snap / 80 pcs. Super-Snap X-Treme), 2 Dura-White stones (CN1 and FL2), 2 CompoSite and CompoSite Fine midipoint each as well as 4 CA steel mandrels.

Glassionomer restoratives have proved themselves in clinical use for many years. They are biocompatible, self-adhere to enamel and dentin, sustainable release and recharge fluoride at the same time and can be used without meticulous moisture control, unlike composite restoratives.

The key benefits of Shofu´s new GlasIonomer FX Ultra, available in four tooth shades, are enhanced aesthetics and strength: In contrast to conventional glass ionomers, the restorations are hardly noticeable in the oral environment. This is achieved by a special glass filler, which increases the material´s translucency, so that it appears more natural. And a compressive strength of 256 MPa now gives FX Ultra restorations long-term resistance to the intraoral forces acting on posterior teeth.

FX Ultra is indicated for use as a direct restorative in (1) cavities in deciduous teeth, (2) non-stress-bearing Class I and II cavities in permanent teeth, (3) Class III and V cavities and (4) core build-ups.

Powder and liquid quickly react to form a smooth, non-sticky paste, which can be easily applied to the cavity in one step. FX Ultra shows a remarkable degree of translucency directly after setting. As compared to conventional glass ionomer restoratives, it is also characterised by exceptional shade stability: There are only minimal, virtually negligible changes in value, chroma and hue over time.

FX Ultra reliably adheres to enamel and dentin without the need for additional surface conditioning. High shear bond strength minimises the risks of microleakage and marginal discoloration, ensuring durable and aesthetic restorations.

FX Ultra is available in two sets (Simple Set and Mini Set), containing the four most common VITA (*1) Classical shades A2, A3, A3.5 and B2.

(*1) VITA is a registered trademark of VITA Zahnfabrik, Bad Säckingen.

Vintage Prime Press is the new high-strength lithium disilicate glass ceramic for the production of outstandingly aesthetic crowns, inlays, onlays, veneers and 3-unit anterior bridges. A new process, creating an interlocked crystal structure in the glass matrix, gives Vintage Prime Press excellent strength values of up to 525 MPa. This structure counteracts crack propagation and improves chipping resistance.

Benefits:
• High biaxial flexural strength of up to 525 MPa
• Reliable shade stability even after multiple firing
• High accuracy of fit, as there is almost no reaction layer after pressing
• Abrasion resistance and antagonist friendliness
• 4 different translucencies for every restorative challenge
• Combinability with Vintage LD layered porcelains and Vintage Art Universal stains

Vintage Prime Press offers the right shades and translucencies for all types of metal-free restorations, ranging from highly translucent for veneers to highly opaque for masking discoloured teeth or abutments.

Four different translucencies
• Enamel (E) – High, enamel-like light transmission
• High Translucency (HT) – Moderate translucency for crowns and bridges
• Low Translucency (LT) – Low translucency for slightly discoloured preparations
• High Opacity (HO) – High opacity for masking abutments and frameworks