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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2023
Shofu Inc., Kyoto, JP;
SHOFU INC., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
To provide a ceramic mill blank for dental cutting and machining in which cracks or chips are not caused on the outer edge of the ceramic mill blank even if attaching to and detaching from a dental milling machine are repeated and it is possible to machine the vicinity of the outer edge of the ceramic mill blank. To provide a ceramic mill blank for dental cutting and machining, wherein, the ceramic mill blank for dental cutting and machining comprises a ceramic portion to be cut and machined and one or more seal members, the ceramic portion consists of a ceramic material which is not finally sintered, the ceramic portion has an outer peripheral surface which is engageable with a holding tool, the one or more seal members are provided on the outer peripheral surface of the ceramic portion, and a length of the one or more seal members is 50% or more of a length in a circumferential direction of the outer peripheral surface provided with the one or more seal members.