Dental article with a coating comprising nanostructures made of yttria-stabilized zirconia
AssigneesStraumann Holding AG, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
InventorsKai Thomas Ortner, Marc Stephan
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Abstract
A dental article including a dental article body made of a ceramic material and a coating formed on the surface of said dental article body. The coating includes crystalline nanostructures made of yttria-stabilized zirconia YSZ1, the crystal habitus of at least a portion of the nanostructures having at least approximately the shape of a regular convex polyhedron.
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A dental article comprising a dental article body made of a ceramic material and crystalline nanostructures formed on the surface of the dental article body, the crystalline nanostructures forming nanoscopic peaks projecting outward from the surface of the dental article body, wherein the crystalline nanostructures are made of yttria-stabilized zirconia YSZ1, the crystal habitus of at least a portion of the nanostructures having at least approximately the shape of a regular convex polyhedron.
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