Zirconia pre-sintered body suitable for dental use
AssigneeKuraray Noritake Dental Inc.
InventorsShinichiro KATO, Yoshihisa ITO
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Abstract
The present invention provides a zirconia pre-sintered body that can be fired into a sintered body having translucency and strength suited for dental use (particularly, at the dental clinic), even with a short firing time. The present invention relates to a zirconia pre-sintered body comprising: zirconia; and a stabilizer capable of inhibiting a phase transformation of zirconia, wherein the zirconia predominantly comprises a monoclinic crystal system, and the zirconia pre-sintered body comprises a plurality of layers that differ from each other in the content of the stabilizer relative to the total mole of the zirconia and the stabilizer.
Claims21
A zirconia pre-sintered body comprising:
- zirconia;
- and
- a stabilizer capable of inhibiting a phase transformation of zirconia,
- wherein the zirconia predominantly comprises a monoclinic crystal system, and
- the zirconia pre-sintered body comprises a plurality of layers that differ from each other in a content of the stabilizer relative to a total mole of the zirconia and the stabilizer.
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