Dental mill blank with intermediate color layer at 30% position
AssigneeShofu Inc.
InventorsYasuhiro Torita, Yusei Kadobayashi
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Abstract
A dental mill blank having a multi-layer structure has been required to improve the reproducibility of a color tone of the natural tooth in a dental crown restoration cut by CAD/CAM technique. Especially, a reproduction of the color tone of a cavity or a groove is required in a dental crown form of the molar tooth. The present dental mill blank has three or more layers wherein a color of a 30% position layer which includes a 30% position which is a position spaced from a surface of the dental mill blank of a W layer-side by 30% satisfies a specified relational expression, and a contrast ratio of the 30% position layer is within a range of the contrast ratio of the D layer×(0.70 to 1.00).
Claims4
A dental mill blank including three or more layers which are stacked on each other, wherein
- in a case in which a chromaticity of each layer based on a L*a*b* colorimetric system is expressed by √(L*2×a*2×b*2), a layer which has the highest chromaticity is defined as a W layer, wherein chromaticities in the W layer based on the L*a*b* colorimetric system are expressed by WL, Wa, and Wb, and a layer which has the lowest chromaticity is defined as a D layer, wherein chromaticities in the D layer based on the L*a*b* colorimetric system are expressed by DL, Da, and Db,
- the W layer and the D layer are respectively disposed on opposed surface layers of the dental mill blank,
- a color of a 30% position layer, wherein chromaticities in the 30% position layer based on the L*a*b* colorimetric system are expressed by 30% position L, 30% position a, and 30% position b, which includes a position spaced from a surface of the dental mill blank of a W layer-side by 30% of a dimension between the surface of the dental mill blank of a W layer-side and a surface of the dental mill blank of a D layer-side, wherein when a boundary of the layers is positioned at the position spaced from the surface of the dental mill blank of the W layer-side by 30%, wherein the 30% position layer includes a position exceeding the position spaced from the surface of the dental mill blank of the W layer-side by 30% satisfies the following relations:
- 30% position L is within a range of ((WL+DL)/2)×(0.90 to 1.10),
- 30% position a is within a range of ((Wa+Da)/2)×(0.90 to 1.10), and
- 30% position b is within a range of((Wb+Db)/2)×(0.90 to 1.10),
- a contrast ratio of the D layer is within a range of 0.55 to 0.95, and
- a contrast ratio of the 30% position layer is within a range of the contrast ratio of the D layer×(0.70 to 1.00).
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