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Creating a translucent effect within one half of a green body zirconia blank

US10327875B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 5, 2017
Grant dateJun 25, 2019
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Expiry dateJun 5, 2037

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/24967
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A dental block for producing a dental prosthesis comprises a green body including zirconia and having a chemical composition including increasing amounts of a chroma component, such as manganese, through a thickness of the green body. The green body is substantially white with a substantially consistent optical characteristic of chroma across the thickness, and is subsequently millable and sinterable to form the dental prosthesis with an optical characteristic of decreasing gray color through a thickness of the dental prosthesis.

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