Dental ceramic article, process of production and use thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9758435-B2
Application number	US-201214003409-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 16, 2012
Priority date	Mar 17, 2011
Publication date	Sep 12, 2017
Grant date	Sep 12, 2017

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a dental ceramic article comprising ceramic components, the ceramic components having ZrO2 and Al2O3 and at least one component comprising Mn, Er or mixtures thereof, Al2O3 being present in an amount below about 0.15 wt.-% with respect to the weight of the ceramic article. The present disclosure relates also to kit of parts comprising a ceramic article and a coloring solution and processes for producing a dental ceramic article.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pre-sintered dental ceramic article comprising ceramic components, the ceramic components comprising ZrO2 and Al2O3 and colouring components comprising ions or oxides of Mn, Er, or mixtures thereof, wherein the pre-sintered dental ceramic article has:
Al2O3: from 0.01 to about 0.12 wt.-%;
Er2O3: from about 0.010 wt.-% to about 1.5 wt.-%;
Pr6O11: from about 0 wt.-% to about 0.1 wt.-%;
MnO2: from about 0.001 wt.-% to about 0.01 wt.-%; and
Fe2O3: 0 wt.-% to about 0.1 wt.-%, wherein wt.-% is with respect to the weight of the ceramic article.

2. The dental ceramic article of claim 1 , comprising a stabilizer selected from oxides of Y, Mg, Ca, Ce, La and mixtures thereof.

3. The dental ceramic article of claim 1 , wherein the ceramic article has the shape of a dental support structure, a dental crown, a dental bridge, a dental facing, an inlay, an inlay, a mill blank, an implant or an abutment.

4. The dental ceramic article of claim 1 , wherein the dental ceramic is contained in a frame or a holding device.

5. The dental ceramic article of claim 1 being characterized by at least one of the following features:
density: from about 2.4 to about 3.7 g/cm 3 ; or
porosity: from about 40 to about 60 vol.-%.

6. The dental ceramic article according to claim 1 , wherein the dental ceramic article comprises pores having diameters from about 50 nm to about 150 nm.

7. The dental ceramic article according to claim 1 , wherein Al2O3 is present in an amount below about 0.1 wt.-% with respect to the weight of the ceramic components.

8. A sintered dental ceramic article comprising ceramic components, the ceramic components comprising ZrO2 and Al2O3 and colouring components comprising ions or oxides of Mn, Er, or mixtures thereof, wherein Al2O3 is present in an amount from about 0.01 to about 0.15 wt. % with respect to the weight of the ceramic components and wherein the sintered dental ceramic article has:
ZrO2+HfO2: from about 80 wt.-% to about 98 wt.-%;
Al2O3: from 0.01 to about 0.12 wt.-%;
Er2O3: from about 0.010 wt.-% to about 1.5 wt.-%;
Pr6O11: from about 0 wt.-% to about 0.1 wt.-%;
MnO2: from about 0.001 wt.-% to about 0.01 wt.-%; and
Fe2O3: 0 wt.-% to about 0.1 wt.-%,
wherein wt.-% is with respect to the weight of the sintered dental ceramic article and the sintered dental ceramic article has at least one of the following features:
breaking resistance: at least about 400 MPa;
density: from about 5.9 to about 6.1 g/cm 3 or
fluorescence emission in the region of the visible light.

9. A process for producing a dental ceramic article, the process comprising the step of treating a ceramic article with a colouring solution, wherein the ceramic article comprises ZrO2 and Al2O3, and
the colouring solution comprises at least one colouring component comprising ions selected from Er, Mn and mixtures thereof and sintering the treated ceramic article such that the sintered dental ceramic article has:
ZrO2+HfO2: from about 80 wt.-% to about 98 wt.-%;
Al2O3: from 0.01 to about 0.12 wt.-%;
Er2O3: from about 0.010 wt.-% to about 1.5 wt.-%;
Pr6O11: from about 0 wt.-% to about 0.1 wt.-%;
MnO2: from about 0.001 wt.-% to about 0.01 wt.-%; and
Fe2O3: 0 wt.-% to about 0.1 wt.-%,
wherein wt.-% is with respect to the weight of the sintered dental ceramic article.

10. The process of claim 9 wherein the step of sintering the ceramic article after treatment with the colouring solution is at a temperature within a range from about 1300° C. to about 1550° C., optionally with a dwell time from about 0 to about 10 h.

11. A process for producing a dental ceramic article, the process comprising the steps of mixing at least one colouring component with ceramic components thereby obtaining a mixture, the at least one colouring component comprising ions or oxides selected from Er, Mn and mixtures thereof, the ceramic components comprising ZrO2 and Al2O3,
shaping the mixture to form a ceramic article and optionally sintering the ceramic article
wherein the ceramic article has:
ZrO2+HfO2: from about 80 wt.-% to about 98 wt.-%;
Er2O3: from about 0.010 wt.-% to about 1.5 wt.-%;
Pr6O11: from about 0 wt.-% to about 0.1 wt.-%;
MnO2: from about 0.001 wt.-% to about 0.01 wt.-%; and
Fe2O3: 0 wt.-% to about 0.1 wt.-%,
wherein wt.-% is with respect to the weight of the dental ceramic article.

Assignees

• Schechner Gallus
• Hauptmann Holger
• Dittmann Rainer K
• Schnagl Hans R
• 3M Innovative Properties Co

Inventors

• Schechner Gallus
• Hauptmann Holger
• Dittmann Rainer K
• Schnagl Hans R

Classifications

• A61K6/818

  comprising zirconium oxide · CPC title

• A61K6/822

  comprising rare earth metal oxides · CPC title

• A61K6/78

  Pigments · CPC title

• A61K6/804

  comprising manganese oxide · CPC title

• C04B2235/3225

  Yttrium oxide or oxide-forming salts thereof · CPC title