 Products & Services Captek
P.O. Box 4420 Portland, OR 97208-4420 Toll free: 1-877-283-5351
CAPTEK™ A New Era in Porcelain-Fused-to-Metal Aesthetics  In today's world of restorative dentistry, the dentist and technician have many wonderful materials at their disposal for any given restorative case. The decision to choose one material over another is based on many things, including the required aesthetic results, quality, strength, cost and very importantly, the familiarity and confidence that the dentist and/or the technician has in the material or technology. In spite of a wide variety of available technologies and materials, porcelain-fused-to-metal (PFM) is often the primary restoration choice. The available alloys for PFM have actually changed very little in the last decade or more, and all fall within one of the five basic alloy groups: - Gold/Platinum
- Gold/Platinum/Palladium
- Gold/Palladium
- Silver/Palladium
- Palladium/Copper (2% gold type)
CAPTEK™ The limitations of alloys led the developers of Captek to search for an alternative way to combine metals without alloying. The process would need to yield both the necessary physical properties and color for superior technical and aesthetic results. Captek is an acronym for "Capillary Casting Technology." This revolutionary material is completely new and has for the first time thrust the PFM restoration into the class of truly high aesthetic restorations. This status has, until now, been enjoyed exclusively by nonmetal-containing restorations, such as all ceramic and composite resin. Composite Metal  Captek is not an alloy! This also implies that it is not a foil or a sintered material. It is best described as a composite metal. If you consider a composite resin to be basically a sea (or matrix) of 97% gold reinforced with small particles of a very high-fusing and high-strength platinum/palladium/gold alloy (approximately 30% of each). It is important to note that in any composite system, the resulting material combines the properties of each component individually. In the case of composite resin, the plastic, curable properties of soft resin are combined with the high-compressive strength, resistance of glass. This forms a third material that is not only plastic and curable, but also high in compressive strength, abrasion resistance and fracture resistance. In Captek, the material resulting from the combination of the gold matrix and the palladium group filler particles possesses the color, biocompatibility, burnish ability and nobility of basically pure gold while having the high temperature stability, strength and toughness of a high platinum/palladium alloy. Unlike various 24k gold-plated or cast-ceramic metals, Captek actually hardens and strengthens as it is fired during porcelain application. Advantages Captek has physical and aesthetic properties that create advantages far beyond what is possible with traditional PFM crowns. Benefits of All Captek™ Restorations: - Natural Aesthetics-No Gray Line at the Margin
- Reduces Plaque and Bacteria
- Standard Preparation and Cementation
- Exceptionally Strong and Durable
- Lower Remake Factor
- Reduced Chair Time
- Better Margin Accuracy & Integrity vs. Traditional PFM
New CAPTEK BRIDGE & IMPLANT™ enhances everything you love about traditional Captek™ while increasing strength over 30%. Bridges over natural teeth and implant abutments can now be prescribed with confidence. CAPTEK BRIDGE & IMPLANT™ allows for Captek™ to be a solution for all restorative needs, especially areas where additional strength is required. Benefits of Captek Bridge & Implant™ - 30% more strength
- Better margin strength and seal
- Internal fits more accurate than ever
- Enhanced consistency
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