PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A COLORED DENTAL ZIRCONIA ARTICLE

• Main Authors: JAHNS, Michael, SCHMITTNER, Sybille, GOETZINGER, Martin
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 12.01.2022
• Subjects: ARTIFICIAL STONE; CEMENTS; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES, OR VITREOUSENAMELS; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDINGMATERIALS; CONCRETE; GLASS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER MATERIALS; LIME, MAGNESIA; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; REFRACTORIES; SLAG; SURFACE TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS MADE FROM GLASS,MINERALS OR SLAGS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS; TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE

The invention relates to a process of producing a dental zirconia article, the process comprising the step of sintering a porous dental zirconia article, the sintering comprising a heat-treatment segment A characterized by a heating rate of at least 3 K/sec up to a temperature of at least 1,200° C., the porous dental zirconia article being composed of a zirconia material containing 6.0 to 8.0 wt. % yttria, 0.05 to 0.12 wt. % alumina and comprising a coloring component containing Tb, the porous dental zirconia article being essentially free of Fe components. The invention also relates to a process comprising the additional step of applying a glazing composition to the outer surface of the porous zirconia article before the heat-treatment or sintering is conducted.