Hass Co., Ltd.

Hyung Bong Lim

Yong Su Kim

Kyung Sik Oh

Joon Hyung Kim

Young Pyo Hong

Hyun Jun Jeon

Sung Ho Ha

Cheol Young Kim

Sung Min Kim

Si Won Son

Yena Kim

Jin Su Jeong

Hwan Soon Koh

Provided is a dental blank. The dental blank includes: a seating portion provided in an artificial tooth processing apparatus; and a material portion configured to be inserted into the seating portion, wherein the material portion includes a plurality of outer contacting portions in contact with an inner side of the seating portion, and may have a polygonal shape in a cross-section.

Dental blank

Provided is a dental bulk block comprising a crystalline phase includes lithium disilicate as a main crystalline phase and eucryptite as a sub-crystalline phase in an amorphous glass matrix that is a functionally graded material having a main crystalline size gradient with respect to the depth thereof, and having no interface at the point of change in the main crystalline size gradient value, and is useful for manufacturing artificial teeth having structural characteristics similar to those of natural teeth, is facile to machine into an artificial tooth prosthesis due to the inclusion of eucryptite as the sub-crystalline phase compared to when only lithium disilicate exists, and can not only shorten the manufacturing time, but also increase the structural stability in terms of force distribution through functional grading of mechanical properties.

Dental bulk block and method of manufacturing same

Disclosed is a machinable dental bulk block that is a glass ceramic block including an amorphous glass matrix and crystalline phases introduced into the matrix. A major crystalline phase is lithium disilicate and a minor crystalline phase is lithium phosphate. The dental block is made of a functionally gradient material in which the major crystalline phase exhibits a gradient of particle sizes in a depth direction of the dental block and which has no interface at a point where the gradient of particle sizes of the major crystalline phase changes. The dental bulk block is useful for production of a dental prosthesis (artificial tooth) similar to a natural tooth. The dental bulk block can reduce time and the number of processing steps to manufacture a dental prosthesis and provides improved structural stability through good force distribution obtained by functionally graded mechanical properties.

Machinable dental bulk block and method of manufacturing same

Provided is a silicate glass, a method for preparing a silicate glass-ceramics by using the silicate glass, and a method for preparing a lithium disilicate glass-ceramics by using the silicate glass, and more particularly, to a method for preparing a glass-ceramics that has a nanosize of 0.2 to 0.5 &#x3bc;m and contains lithium disilicate and silicate crystalline phases. A nano lithium disilicate glass-ceramics containing a SiOcrystalline phase includes: a glass composition including 70 to 85 wt % SiO, 10 to 13 wt % LiO, 3 to 7 wt % POworking as a nuclei formation agent, 0 to 5 wt % AlOfor increasing a glass transition temperature and a softening point and enhancing chemical durability of glass, 0 to 2 wt % ZrO, 0.5 to 3 wt % CaO for increasing a thermal expansion coefficient of the glass, 0.5 to 3 wt % NaO, 0.5 to 3 wt % KO, and 1 to 2 wt % colorants, and 0 to 2.0 wt % mixture of MgO, ZnO, F, and LaO.

Silicate glass, method for preparing silicate glass-ceramics by using the silicate glass, and method for preparing nano lithium disilicate glass-ceramics by using the silicate glass

Disclosed is a machinable dental bulk block that is a glass ceramic block including an amorphous glass matrix and crystalline phases introduced into the matrix. A major crystalline phase is lithium disilicate and minor crystalline phases are lithium phosphate and at least one of spodumene and virgilite. The dental block is made of a functionally gradient material in which the major crystalline phase exhibits a gradient of particle sizes in a depth direction of the dental block and which has no interface at a point where the gradient of particle sizes of the major crystalline phase changes. The dental bulk block is useful for production of a dental prosthesis (artificial tooth) similar to a natural tooth. The dental bulk block can reduce time and the number of processing steps to manufacture a dental prosthesis and provides improved structural stability through good force distribution obtained by functionally graded mechanical properties.

Dental composite composition including a glass ceramic and a curable organic material is described in which the glass ceramic includes a crystal phase having an average grain size of 50 to 400 nm, and the dental composite composition is provided as a dental prosthetic material exhibiting superior transparency and mechanical properties comparing to conventional composite products containing micro-sized crystal grains and also has excellent aesthetics and processability required for prosthetic materials for same-day dental prosthetic service.

Dental composite comprising glass ceramic

Provided is a dental bulk block for grinding processing. The dental bulk block includes a crystalloid, which includes lithium disilicate as a main crystal phase and silicate as a sub-crystal phase, and hyaline as a remainder. The dental bulk block is a functionally gradient material having a crystalline size gradient with respect to a depth thereof and having no interface at a change point of a crystalline size gradient value. The dental bulk block is useful for manufacturing an artificial dental prosthesis that is similar to natural teeth. Accordingly, the time and process for manufacturing the artificial dental prosthesis are shortened, and structural stability is increased in terms of dispersion of force due to gradient functionalization of mechanical properties.

Dental bulk block for grinding processing and method of manufacturing the same

Provided is a method for preparing a lithium disilicate glass-ceramics containing silicate as a main component, and more particularly, to a method for preparing a glass-ceramics, which is capable of adjusting machinability or translucency according to a crystalline size by using a first heat treatment or a second heat treatment. To this end, a method for preparing a glass-ceramics containing a silica crystalline phase includes: performing a first heat treatment on a glass composition at a temperature of 400 to 850&#xb0; C., so that a lithium disilicate crystalline phase and a silica crystalline phase each having a size of 5 to 2,000 nm are formed through the first heat treatment. After the first heat treatment, the method further includes performing a second heat treatment at a temperature of 780 to 880&#xb0; C., so that translucency is adjusted by a temperature of the second heat treatment.

Method for preparing glass-ceramics, capable of adjusting machinability or translucency through change in temperature of heat treatment

The present invention relates to a method for preparing a lithium disilicate glass-ceramics containing silicate as a main component, and more particularly, to a method for preparing a glass-ceramics, which is capable of adjusting machinability or translucency according to a crystalline size by using a first heat treatment or a second heat treatment. To this end, a method for preparing a glass-ceramics containing a silica crystalline phase includes: performing a first heat treatment on a glass composition at a temperature of 400 to 850&#xb0; C., so that a lithium disilicate crystalline phase and a silica crystalline phase each having a size of 5 to 2,000 nm are formed through the first heat treatment. After the first heat treatment, the method further includes performing a second heat treatment at a temperature of 780 to 880&#xb0; C., so that translucency is adjusted by a temperature of the second heat treatment.

A method of bonding a high-strength zirconia post serving as a core in a glass-ceramic block, a method of bonding a metal link fastened with an implant fixture to the zirconia post, and glass-ceramic bondable to the zirconia post and a preparation method thereof, when preparing artificial teeth through a CAD/CAM processing method by using the glass-ceramic block as an artificial-teeth material. The lithium disilicate glass-ceramics containing cristobalite crystalline includes glass-ceramics composition including 10 to 15 wt % LiO, 68 to 76 wt % SiO, 2 to 5 wt % POworking as a nuclei formation agent, 0 to 5 wt % AlOto increase glass transition temperature and softening temperature and increase chemical durability of the glass, 2 to 3 wt % ZrO, 0.5 to 3 wt % CaO for enhancing a thermal expansion coefficient of the glass, 0.5 to 5 wt % NaO, 0.5 to 5 wt % KO, and 1 to 2 wt % colorants, and 0 to 2.0 wt % mixture of MgO, ZnO, F, and LaO.

Dental glass-ceramics block bonded with abutment and preparation method thereof

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure provide a lithium silicate crystalline or amorphous glass overlaying the top surfaces of zirconia and the manufacturing process thereof. More specifically, exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure provide a lithium silicate glass or lithium silicate crystalline glass with high light transmittance and good coloring characteristics and the manufacturing process thereof, which overlays the top surface of zirconia with high mechanical strength, frameworks, or copings. The lithium silicate crystalline or amorphous glass may include 10-15 wt % LiO, 71.1-85.0 wt % SiO, 2-5 wt % POworking as nuclear formation agent, 1-5 wt % AlOto increase glass transition temperature and softening temperature, as well as chemical durability of the glass, and 0.01-1.0 wt % ZrOwhich increases the binding strength of the zirconia substructure.

Lithium silicate amorphous or crystalline glass overlaying top surface of zirconia and preparation methods thereof

Provided is lithium disilicate crystalline glass containing cristobalite crystal phase for high strength and aesthetic traits and its manufacturing process thereof. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide the high strength and aesthetic lithium disilicate crystalline glass, one kind of dental restoration materials, and its manufacturing method which induces the growth of the different crystal phase, cristobalite, from glass with lithium disilicate crystal.

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Hyung Bong Lim