Crowns increase the structural efficiency for chewing and provide maximum protection for the tooth. Dental crowns can be fabricated with a diverse amount of materials such as gold, porcelain, porcelain fused to metal, zirconium and IPS E-max. The most recent type of material to manufacture dental crowns is Lithiumdisilicate and comes under the commercial name of IPS E-max press, shortly “E-max”.
E-max is absolutely metal free and resist better to porcelain chipping.