Dental mill blank, process for preparing the same, and uses thereof

Abstract

A dental mill blank having an yttria-containing zirconia material. One embodiment provides a dental mill blank having an yttria-containing zirconia material, wherein the yttria-containing zirconia material has a fracture resistance of at least 6.0 MPa*m1/2, determined on a densely sintered test body of the yttria-containing zirconia material, and a biaxial flexural strength of at least 1200 MPa, determined on a densely sintered test body of the yttria-containing zirconia material. Furthermore, a process for preparing the dental mill blank, a process for preparing a dental restoration using the dental mill blank, and a dental restoration as such are provided.

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