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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 1988
Filed:
May. 21, 1987
Mark A Sigler, Kansas City, KS (US);
Timothy J Sigler, St. Joseph, MO (US);
Delbert E Day, Rolla, MO (US);
Myron International, Inc., Kansas City, KS (US);
Abstract
Improved dental porcelain compositions and resultant fused porcelain dental restorations are provided which exhibit enhanced strength properties as compared with conventional porcelains. The fiber-filled porcelain compositions of the invention are supplemented with zirconium oxide ceramic fibers in relatively minor amounts of less than 5% by weight. The reinforcing fibers are advantageously predominantly zirconium oxide, and have a relatively short average length of from about 1/32 to 1/4 of an inch. These fibers are normally randomly oriented and homogeneously dispersed throughout the fiber-filled porcelain composition, in order to give a reinforcing fiber network. A completed restoration in accordance with the invention would typically include a core portion formed of the fiber filled porcelain, with the outer portion of the restoration being fabricated from conventional non-fiber reinforced porcelain.