Dental restoration, method for production thereof and glass ceramic

US9206077B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. · DE
• Vita Zahnfabrik H. Rauter GmbH & Co. KG · DE
• DeguDent GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Bernhard Durschang · Rottendorf, DE
• Jörn Probst · Bad Wurzach, DE
• Norbert Thiel · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE
• Michael Gödiker · Clingen, DE
• Markus Vollmann · Gelnhausen, DE
• Udo Schusser · Alzenau, DE
• Carsten Wiesner · Rockenberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 18, 2012
• Grant date: Dec 8, 2015
• Expiry date: Jul 30, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C03C10/0027
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to glass ceramics, which show high strength, high translucency, high chemical stability and which are still mechanically processible. The invention further refers to a method for producing a dental restoration comprising such glass or glass ceramic as well as the dental restoration itself.