DENTAL ZIRCONIA MILL BLANK FOR CUTTING AND MACHINING INCLUDING INDIUM AND YTTRIUM

    公开(公告)号:US20220202544A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-30

    申请号:US17502376

    申请日:2021-10-15

    Applicant: SHOFU INC.

    Abstract: [Problem]
    A technique for imparting high translucency which is similar to an enamel of a natural tooth to a zirconia sintered body, has been required.
    [Solution]
    To provide a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining, containing, an yttrium compound and an indium compound as stabilizers, wherein, an amount of the yttrium compound is within a range of 3.0 mol % to 6.0 mol % in terms of oxide, an amount of the indium compound is within a range of 0.2 mol % to 3.0 mol % in terms of oxide, and a total amount of the yttrium compound and the indium compound is within a range of 5.5 mol % to 7.0 mol % in terms of oxide.

    ZIRCONIA MILL BLANK HAVING LAYERS WITH DIFFERENT CONTENTS OF YTTRIA AND ALUMINA

    公开(公告)号:US20210401552A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-30

    申请号:US17193466

    申请日:2021-03-05

    Applicant: SHOFU INC.

    Abstract: [Problem]
    To provide a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining which may impart reproducibility of color tone similar to a natural tooth and high strength to a zirconia perfect sintered body without a special sintering method such as HIP treatment.
    [Solution]
    A zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining comprises at least two intermediate layers LA and LB which satisfy the following Formula (1) and Formula (2), wherein the layer LA is contained in a section A in which a distance from one plane of two planes is within 40% of the distance between the two planes and the layer LB is contained in a section B in which a distance from the other plane is within 40% of the distance between the two planes, wherein in a case in which, a sintered body prepared by sintering at 1550° C. a test specimen cut out from the layer LA is defined as sintered body SA, a sintered body at 1550° C. prepared by sintering a test specimen cut out from the layer LB is defined as sintered body SB, a contrast ratio of the sintered body SA at a sample having a thickness of 1 mm is defined as contrast ratio CA and a contrast ratio of the sintered body SB at a sample having a thickness of 1 mm is defined as contrast ratio CB, the contrast ratios CA and CB satisfy the following Formula (3), change directions of yttria concentration, alumina concentration and contrast ratio in a stacking direction are not changed by the at least two intermediate layers. Yttria concentration of layer LA−Yttria concentration of layer LB>1.0 mol %  Formula (1): 0.0 wt. %

    OPAQUE IMPARTING LIQUID FOR ZIRCONIA
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190388196A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-26

    申请号:US16367459

    申请日:2019-03-28

    Applicant: SHOFU INC.

    Abstract: To provide a liquid material which can only adjust transparency by applying on a part of a zirconia crown having high transparency, without coloring.The present disclosure provides an opaque imparting liquid used for a prosthesis device cut and machined from a dental zirconia for cutting and machining, comprising; (a) 10 to 39 wt. % of a water-soluble aluminum compound and/or a water-soluble lanthanum compound, (b) 60 to 89 wt. % of water, and (c) 1 to 20 wt. % of an organic solvent.

    SINTERING METHOD FOR DENTAL ZIRCONIA CALCINED BODY

    公开(公告)号:US20230082975A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-16

    申请号:US17828656

    申请日:2022-05-31

    Applicant: SHOFU INC.

    Abstract: [Problem]
    A technique for improving translucency in order to prepare a zirconia sintered body having high translucency without using special equipment, has been required.
    [Solution]
    To provide A sintering method for a dental zirconia calcined body containing 5.5 mol % to 7.0 mol % of a stabilizer, wherein the method satisfies the following (a) to (c). (a) an average rate of temperature increase in the section from room temperature to 1300° C. is 9° C./min or more. (b) an average rate of temperature increase in the section from 1300° C. to 1400° C. is 0.6° C./min or more and 3° C./min or less. (c) an average rate of temperature increase in the section from 1400° C. to the maximum temperature of the sintering process is 0.5° C./min or more and 2.5° C./min or less.

    PREPARING METHOD OF ZIRCONIA MILL BLANK FOR DENTAL CUTTING AND MACHINING USING PRECIPITATE

    公开(公告)号:US20210401553A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-30

    申请号:US17208086

    申请日:2021-03-22

    Applicant: SHOFU INC.

    Abstract: [Problem]
    To support the metal without segregation on the zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining which has been adjusted to a hardness that enables to cut and machine by calcining at a low temperature.
    [Solution]
    A zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining is prepared by A preparing method of a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining, comprising an impregnation step of impregnating a porous zirconia molded body with an impregnating solution containing at least one metal ion and at least one precipitant, and a deposition step of decomposing the precipitant in the porous zirconia molded body to deposit a metal compound.

    DENTAL ZIRCONIA BLANK HAVING MULTILAYER STRUCTURE DIFFERENT IN CONTENT OF YTTRIA

    公开(公告)号:US20190380815A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-19

    申请号:US16357373

    申请日:2019-03-19

    Applicant: SHOFU INC.

    Abstract: To provide a dental zirconia blank which has high permeability, can reproduce a color tone close to a natural tooth and a strength to be able to tolerate in oral cavity. Furthermore, to provide a dental zirconia blank from which a prosthesis device of 4 or more units having high strength can be prepared. To provide a dental zirconia blank having a plurality of layers, comprising; a first layer consisting of a high permeability ceramic containing 91.6 to 96.5 mol % of zirconium oxide and 3.5 to 8.4 mol % of yttrium oxide, and a second layer consisting of a low permeability ceramic containing 95.6 to 98.5 mol % of zirconium oxide and 1.5 to 4.4 mol % of yttrium oxide, wherein a content rate of yttrium oxide in the low permeability ceramic is lower than a content rate of yttrium oxide in the high permeability ceramic by 0.5 to 5.4 mol %, and the first layer is positioned at one end of the plurality of layers in a layering direction.

    ZIRCONIA MILL BLANK HAVING deltaCtotal OF ZIRCONIA 5.0 OR LESS AND PREPARING METHOD THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20240270654A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-15

    申请号:US18384540

    申请日:2023-10-27

    Applicant: SHOFU INC.

    Abstract: To provide a preparing method of a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining having any one or more of translucency gradation, color gradation and strength gradation after perfect sintering by impregnating a zirconia calcined body with a plurality of impregnating solutions, which can suppress deterioration of the fitting property of a dental prosthesis device prepared from the zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining and a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining having any one or more of translucency gradation, color gradation and strength gradation after perfect sintering and suppressing deterioration of the fitting property of a dental prosthesis device prepared from the zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining.
    To porovide a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining of the present invention is a preparing method of a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining having any one or more of translucency gradation, color gradation and strength gradation after perfect sintering, comprising a step of impregnating a zirconia calcined body with at least two types of impregnating solutions, wherein at least one of the impregnating liquids contains a zirconium component, and in a case in which the total of metal ion concentrations (mass %) contained in each impregnating liquid is defined as Ctotal, the difference ΔCtotal which is a difference between Ctotal of each impregnating liquid is 5.0 or less.

    ZIRCONIA MILL BLANK HAVING MAXIMUM VALUE OF deltaSP(m) OF STABILIZER CONCENTRATION LESS THAN 0.5

    公开(公告)号:US20240261070A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-08

    申请号:US18384532

    申请日:2023-10-27

    Applicant: SHOFU INC.

    CPC classification number: A61C13/0022 A61K6/818

    Abstract: To provide a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining that can impart translucency gradation and color gradation similar to a natural tooth to a zirconia perfect sintered body without the need for special equipment.
    To provide a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining comprising



    two opposing surfaces and a side surface between the two opposing surfaces, wherein
    the side surface has a rectangular shape in a side view of the zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining, and
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    one of the two opposing surfaces is defined as surface A,
    the other surface of the two opposing surfaces is defined as surface B,
    a surface which is parallel to the surface A and is located at a position of 1.0 mm to 1.5 mm from the surface A toward the surface B in a direction parallel to the side surface is defined as surface C,
    points which are set to having 0.5 mm of distance on the straight line in the direction parallel to the side surface from the surface C toward the surface B in the area from the surface C to the surface B are defined as point P(1), point P(2), to point P(n) in the order from the surface C,
    a stabilizer concentration (mol %) at each point is defined as SP(1), SP(2), to SP(n) (n≥((shortest distance (mm) between the surface C and the surface B)−2)/0.5),
    the maximum value of the stabilizer concentration (mol %) is defined as SPmax,
    the minimum value of the stabilizer concentration (mol %) is defined as SPmin, and
    the maximum value of ASP(m) defined by the following formula is defined as ΔSPmax,


    the zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining has a portion where the value of “SPmax−Spmin” which is a difference between the SPmax and the SPmin is 0.3 or more, and the ΔSPmax is less than 0.5.









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    HIGH PERMEABLE ZIRCONIA BLANK CAPABLE OF SINTERING AT HIGH SPEED

    公开(公告)号:US20200331807A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-22

    申请号:US16747634

    申请日:2020-01-21

    Applicant: SHOFU INC.

    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining which may impart high translucency similar to an enamel of a natural tooth to zirconia sintered body even in a short time sintering, and a preparing method thereof. In addition, the present disclosure provides a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining which may impart the same degree of translucency to a zirconia sintered body even in a short time sintering as compared with the case of sintering for 427 minutes. The zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining of the present disclosure contains a gallium compound.

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