More About Noritake Porcelain

Luster Porcelain

Natural opalescence
Fine polishable surface structure
Less wear of the opposing teeth
Because of the fine particle size of its composition, Luster Porcelain can achieve the selective reflection which assures the Opalescence seen in the natural tooth.
Noritake Luster Porcelain exhibits minimal wear in the mouth due to the smaller and consistant particle size resulting in less wear of the opposing teeth.

Raw material of Luster Porcelain

Luster Porcelain under the transmissive light

The Following Is a Comparison Between A Natural Tooth and The Top Low Wear Porcelains Available Today

Natural tooth

Noritake Luster Porcelain

Company E

Company B

Testing done after acid etching of porcelain with SEM at 3000 magnification

Internal Live Stain

Internal Live Stain was first developed by Mr.Hitoshi Aoshima.
Easy to reproduce the characterizations of natural tooth structure
Can see characterizations before baking
Matched CTE for EX-3

Steps for ILS

Baked Body and Enamel

Apply ILS as if drawing on a canvas.

After ILS is baked, build-up with Translucent

Finished crown