Laboratory Products - Ceramic Restoration System

GC Initial IQ - One Body Concept
Press-over-Metal & Press-over-Zircon

This new concept of pre-blended effect ingots in combination with the 3-dimensional Lustre Pastes exhibits vitality and a natural glaze in one bake. This new development is standardized, compact and easy to use. By using this unique “One Body Concept,” you are making better use of your time and can now enjoy the benefits of higher accuracy, fewer remakes and optimized productivity without sacrificing customer service or quality. Introduce GC Initial IQ – One Body Concept in your lab and maximize your existing resources and get a higher revenue from your dental business.

GC Initial IQ - One Body, Press-over-Metal is a feldspar based pressable ceramic system for conventional porcelain alloys (CTE/WAK range 13.8 to 14.9).

GC Initial IQ - One Body, Press-over-Zircon is a feldspar based ceramic that demonstrates outstanding lifelike esthetics and merges both the pressable and CAD/CAM technologies.

Features:

• Consistency and predictability in quality of work.
• Easy to learn and even easier to use.
• All ceramic marginal integrity – just wax the margin and press.
• Full contour waxing is now easy to learn thanks to the wide range of prefab wax veneer systems on the market.
• The unique preblended ingots offer repeatability in shades, so less remakes.
• Lifelike translucency and color deepness are easily created by simply applying ready to use, IQ Lustre Pastes, newly developed 3-dimensional ceramics which can be applied in a thicker layer.


Profitability, do more with what you have

• Initial IQ - Intelligence Quintessence, a clever and compact summary of materials:

- Standard opaques from the GC Initial MC set.
- Only 7 dentin and 3 bleach ingots to cover all 16 shades of the Vitapan* Classical shade guide.
- GC Initial IQ Lustre Pastes can be used for both systems.
- The One Body Concept offers a simplified and condensed process optimizing your waxer's output and lowering the costs of training ceramists.
 

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Lustre Pastes Application Videos:

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    GC Initial IQ - Lustre Pastes

    GC Initial IQ Lustre Pastes are newly developed 3-dimensional ceramics, which can be applied in a thicker layer, creating color deepness and lifelike translucency.

    Features:

    • Initial IQ Lustre Pastes are compatible to the Press-over-Metal technique as well as to the Press-over-Zircon technique.
    • Initial IQ Lustre Pastes are based on fine ceramic particles allowing a thicker application for outstanding, 3-dimensional results in one firing.
    • Due to the unique paste medium, it has a fine thixotropic property for easy and exact applications.
    • Available in ready to use syringes (1 x Neutral, 4 x Body Shades, 7 x Enamel Effect Shades).
     

    WAX

    PRESS

    LUSTRE

    DONE


    Product Codes

    877074 GC Initial IQ, One Body, Press-over-Metal Set
    307074 GC Initial IQ, One Body, Press-over-Metal System Kit
    877073 GC Initial IQ, Press-over-Metal, Lustre Pastes Set
    877075 GC Initial IQ, One Body, Press-over-Zircon Set
    307075 GC Initial IQ, One Body, Press-over-Zircon System Kit
    877076 GC Initial IQ, Press-over-Zircon, Lustre Pastes Set

     

     
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