Yttria-treated porcelain veneer
AssigneeResearch Triangle Institute
InventorsJeffrey Robert Piascik, Brian R. Stoner
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Abstract
A dental component comprising a modified porcelain veneering coating thereon is provided, wherein the porcelain veneering coating can comprise a plurality of crystalline inclusions. The crystalline inclusions can serve to strengthen the porcelain veneering coating and the dental component as a whole. A method for the preparation of such treated implants is also provided, the method involving providing a dental component; applying a porcelain slurry comprising about 5% or more by weight of an additive capable of forming a crystalline silicate phase to at least a portion of the surface of the dental component to give a coated dental component; and firing the porcelain-coated dental component.
Claims20
A method of increasing the integrity of a dental restorative, comprising:
- providing a dental component;
- applying a porcelain slurry comprising about 5% or more by weight of an additive capable of forming a crystalline silicate phase to at least a portion of the surface of the dental component to give a coated dental component;
- and
- firing the coated dental component.
A dental restorative comprising a dental component and a modified porcelain coating overlying at least a portion of the dental component, wherein the modified porcelain coating comprises a plurality of crystalline inclusions present in an amount of at least about 5% by volume of the porcelain coating.
A dental restorative comprising a yttria-stabilized zirconia dental component and a modified porcelain coating overlying at least a portion of the dental component, wherein the modified porcelain coating comprises a plurality of yttrium silicate inclusions present in an amount of at least about 2% by volume of the porcelain coating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.