Multi-layer zirconia dental blank that has a gradual change in chroma and translucency through a thickness after sintering
US9649179B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 3, 2014 |
| Grant date | May 16, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 24, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/24967
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A dental block for producing a dental prosthesis comprises a green body including zirconia and having a chemical composition including increasing amounts of yttria 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 chroma through a thickness of the dental prosthesis.
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