Discs and Blocks in real composite material for milling

To fabricate fully anatomical monolithics, inlays, crowns and suprastructures for functional, aesthetic rehabilitation also on implants.

Unique System
Shapes available
Disc sizes
and 1 block size
Colours available
6 monolayer and 4 multilayer
Years of scientific evidence
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Ena System

ENA CAD ENA SYSTEM

ENA CAD composite discs and blocks for milling complete the Ena system, since 1995 a guarantee of quality for dentists and dental technicians from all over the world.

ENA CAD COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR MILLING

SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE

After years of in-depth research and rigorous testing to achieve aesthetic and functional biocompatibility, Micerium continues its journey that began 30 years ago with the launch of the Ena system. ENA CAD discs and blocks for milling enable the management of everyday prosthetic needs, respecting the scientific evidence established by Dr. Lorenzo Vanini, creator of the Ena System, which attests a clinical longevity that only Micerium can boast worldwide.

ENA CAD

ENA CAD is available in monolayer blocks and both mono and multilayer discs. ENA CAD has a hardness similar to that of restorative composites. It is not as hard as zirconia, dental ceramics, or other polymers and hybrids. This makes it easier to mill, and its physical properties are closer to those of natural teeth compared to other restorative materials. As a result, it absorbs masticatory stress more effectively, making it the ideal material for inlays/onlays, bridges and crowns, table tops, and implant superstructures.

Advantages and Physical properties

Ena Cad advantages vs Ceramic / Zirconia

  • Similar to natural tooth
  • Light
  • Optimal stress absorption
  • Modifiable after cementation
  • Flexible under load
  • Possibility of access to the root canal
  • Ideal for patients with bruxism
  • Ideal for implant prosthesis
  • Adhesion (chemical bond)

Ena Cad advantages vs acrylic

  • Similar to natural tooth
  • Permanent
  • Colour stability
  • Ideal for patients with bruxism
  • Ideal for implant prosthesis

 

Physical properties

  • Vickers hardness: 680-700 MPa
  • Modulus of elasticity: 9.500-10.000 MPa
  • Flexural strenght: 160-180 MPa
  • Compressive strenght: 475-495 MPa
  • Filler content: 70% (weight)
  • Radiopacity: 210% (Aluminium)

Characteristics

Elasticity Modulus Ena Cad

Modulus of elasticity (low = high elasticity) means the capability of a material to absorb the chewing effects, allowing the restoration to be flexible, reducing the risk of fracture and chipping over time.

Ena Cad is more elastic than zirconia, ceramic and other hybrid for milling. Furthermore, as a patient with implants cannot absorb the stress with the periodontal ligament, the elasticity of the restoration can reduce decisively the stress transferred to the implants and the bone.

Gold - Enamel plus HRi

Compressive strength allows to estimate the longevity of a restoration both on implant and on dental structure under chewing forces.

Ena Cad is a material that allows the restoration to last more time than zirconia, ceramic and other hybrid for milling. Tests that simulate 1,2 millions chewing cycles show that the material has a natural wear without fractures or chipping. 50x SEM images shpw that the abrasion of Enamel plus HRi is similar to golf and therefore to the natural enamel.

Polymer-ceramic ratio

The challenge of developing the perfect hybrid dental material lies in finding the ideal combination of mechanical and aesthetic properties. ENA CAD is manufactured through an innovative process that uses the most advanced polymers and aesthetic glass fillers available, perfectly balanced, just like those used in Enamel plus HRI and HFO composites. This results in more aesthetic, durable, and elastic restorations compared to other hybrids, making ENA CAD particularly suitable for implant cases.

Ena Cad

Discs and blocks supply

* shades UD1, UD2, UD3 and UD3,5 are available also in multilayer discs to offer additionally a better aesthetic integration especially in anterior area.