STEREOLITHOGRAPHICALLY PRODUCED SHAPED DENTAL PARTS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION FROM PHOTOPOLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITE RESIN COMPOSITIONS

Abstract

The invention relates to the use of flowable, photopolymerizable composite resin compositions that comprise a nanoscale organic surface-modified filler for stereolithographically producing a shaped dental part and to a method for producing corresponding shaped dental parts. The method according to the invention is particularly simple, fast, reliable and cost-effective. It allows improved shaped dental parts to be produced, in particular improved bridges and crowns.

Claims

1. The use of a flowable, photopolymerizable composite resin composition having a dynamic viscosity of less than 5 Pa.Math.s at 23° C., preferably less than 3 Pa.Math.s at 23° C., more preferably 0.5-2.5 Pa.Math.s at 23° C., more preferably 1.0-2.0 Pa.Math.s at 23° C., preferably measured using a plate-plate rheometer having an upper plate diameter of 25 mm at a shear stress of 50 Pa, comprising: a) free-radically photopolymerizable monomers and/or oligomers, preferably mixtures of free-radically photopolymerizable monomers and oligomers, b) an organically surface-modified and optionally partially agglomerated and/or aggregated nanosize filler incorporated into the composite resin composition, where the primary particles of the filler have a primary particle size of less than 100 nm, preferably less than 80 nm, more preferably less than 60 nm, particularly preferably less than 40 nm, and said filler in dispersion comprises dispersed primary filler particles and optionally filler aggregates and/or filler agglomerates having a diameter which is greater than 40 nm, preferably greater than 90 nm, and less than 1000 nm, preferably less than 800 nm, more preferably less than 600 nm, more preferably less than 400 nm, more preferably less than 200 nm, more preferably less than 150 nm, and is, for example, in the range from 40 to 1000 nm, preferably from 40 to 800 nm, particularly preferably from 40 to 600 nm, c) at least one photoinitiator, d) optionally a stabilizer and e) optionally pigment particles, f) optionally a stabilized free radical for the stereolithographic production of a shaped dental part, in particular bridges and crowns, based on said composite resin composition.

2. The use as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the organically surface-modified nanosize filler and optionally partially agglomerated and/or aggregated nanosize filler particles to be dispersed have been surface-modified by the following steps: i) provision of a composite resin composition by mixing said free-radically photopolymerizable monomers and/or oligomers as per component a) of the composite resin composition, ii) addition of a silane hydrolysate to said mixture, iii) dispersion of said nanosize filler particles as per component b), preferably pyrogenic silica, in said mixture, where the ratio of silane hydrolysate to particle surface area of the agglomerated particles to be dispersed in step iii) is preferably in the range from 0.005 mmol/m.sup.2 to 0.08 mmol/m.sup.2 or from 0.01 mmol/m.sup.2 to 0.02 mmol/m.sup.2, in each case based on the molar amount of the silanes used per unit surface area of the filler.

3. The use as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the nanosize filler particles to be incorporated into the composite resin composition have a specific surface area determined by the BET method of less than 200 m.sup.2/g, preferably less than 100 m.sup.2/g and particularly preferably less than 60 m.sup.2/g, and include pyrogenic silicas, for example Aerosil® 130, Aerosil® 90, Aerosil® Ox50, Aerosil® R7200, HDK® S13, HDK® C10 and HDK® D05.

4. The use as claimed in any of claims 1-3, characterized in that the composite resin composition comprises, based on 100% by weight of the total composition, the components a)-e) as follows: a) 90-55% by weight, preferably 80-55% by weight, more preferably 75-60% by weight, of free-radically polymerizable monomers and/or oligomers, preferably mixtures of free-radically polymerizable monomers and oligomers, b) 5-60% by weight, preferably 10-45% by weight, more preferably 20-45% by weight, more preferably 25-40% by weight, of an organically surface-modified and optionally partially agglomerated and/or aggregated nanosize filler incorporated into the composite resin composition, where the primary particles of the filler have a primary particle size of less than 100 nm, preferably less than 80 nm, more preferably less than 60 nm, particularly preferably less than 40 nm, and said filler in dispersion comprises dispersed primary filler particles and optionally filler aggregates and/or filler agglomerates having a diameter which is greater than 40 nm, preferably greater than 90 nm, and less than 1000 nm, preferably less than 800 nm, more preferably less than 600 nm, more preferably less than 400 nm, more preferably less than 200 nm, more preferably less than 150 nm, and is, for example, in the range from 40 to 1000 nm, preferably from 40 to 800 nm, particularly preferably from 40 to 600 nm, c) 0.01-5% by weight of photoinitiator, d) 0.001-5% by weight of stabilizer, e) 0-5% by weight, preferably 0.01-5% by weight, of pigment particles, f) 0-5% by weight, preferably 0.0025-0.05% by weight, of stabilized free radical, where the photopolymerizable composite resin contains at least 85% by weight, preferably at least 90% by weight, more preferably at least 95% by weight, of a) and b) in total, and preferably a) 75-60% by weight of free-radically polymerizable (meth)acrylates, b) 25-40% by weight of silanized nanosize filler particles having particle sizes of the individual particles and/or filler agglomerates and/or filler aggregates present in the dispersion in the range from 90 to 500 nm, with an average particle size (z-average of dynamic light scattering) in the range from 150 to 350 nm, c) 0.1-2% by weight of photoinitiator, d) 0.001-5% by weight of stabilizer, e) 0.01-1% by weight of pigments, where the photopolymerizable composite resin contains at least from 96 to 99.89% by weight of a) and b) in total.

5. The use as claimed in any of claims 1-4, characterized in that the composite resin composition comprises pigments and has a storage stability over at least 3 months, preferably at least 6 months, more preferably over at least 12 months, without sedimentation of said pigments in the composite resin composition.

6. A process for producing a shaped dental part, in particular a bridge and crown, comprising the steps: i) provision of a flowable, photopolymerizable composite resin composition having a dynamic viscosity of less than 5 Pa.Math.s at 23° C., preferably less than 3 Pa.Math.s at 23° C., more preferably 0.5-2.5 Pa.Math.s at 23° C., more preferably 1.0-2.0 Pa.Math.s at 23° C., preferably measured using a plate-plate rheometer having an upper plate diameter of 25 mm at a shear stress of 50 Pa, comprising the components a)-c) and optionally the components d) and e) as claimed in any of the preceding claims, and ii) stereolithographic layer-by-layer buildup of the shaped dental part from the flowable, photopolymerizable composite resin composition in a bath filled with said composite resin composition.

7. A shaped dental part, in particular bridges and crowns, obtainable by the process as claimed in claim 6, wherein the shaped dental part preferably has a bending strength of at least 100 MPa, preferably at least 130 MPa, and/or a bending modulus of at least 3 GPa, preferably at least 4 GPa, measured in accordance with ISO 4049:2009.

8. The use as claimed in any of claims 1-5, the process as claimed in claim 6 or the shaped dental part as claimed in claim 7, characterized in that the nanosize filler has at least one feature selected from among the following: it consists essentially of aggregates of primary particles as are formed in the production of pyrogenic silica, the shape of the nanosize filler particles is essentially not ideally spherical but irregular, in particular in aggregates; the nanosize filler particles are present in dispersion essentially as small agglomerates having a diameter of less than 1000 nm or in unagglomerated and/or unaggregated form; the particles in dispersion are distributed over a continuous size range from at least about 40 nm to not more than 1000 nm, preferably not more than 600 nm; the average particle size diameter, measured as z-average of dynamic light scattering, of the nanosize filler particles comprising filler agglomerates and/or filler aggregates and/or unagglomerated/unaggregated filler particles present in dispersion is in the range from 90 to 500 nm, preferably from 150 to 350 nm.

9. The use as claimed in any of claims 1-5, the process as claimed in claim 6 or the shaped dental part as claimed in either of claims 7-8, characterized in that the composite resin composition comprises less than 5% by weight, preferably less than 1% by weight, more preferably less than 0.5% by weight, of microfillers, particularly preferably no microfillers, where said microfillers are preferably milled fillers or spherical fillers and have a particle size in the range from 1 to 50 pm and differ in terms of shape and size from the nanosize fillers of component b).

10. The use as claimed in any of claims 1-5, the process as claimed in claim 6 or the shaped dental part as claimed in any of claims 7-9, characterized in that the composite resin composition comprises less than 0.5% by weight, preferably less than 0.01% by weight, of thixotropy-inducing agents, particularly preferably no thixotropy-inducing agents, and/or further dental additives, including fluorescent dyes.

Description

COMPARATIVE EXAMPLE

[0150] Admafine® SO-C1 was used in the comparative experiment. This consists of spherical, essentially unaggregated particles. According to the manufacturer, these particles have an average particle size diameter of from about 200 to 400 nm and a specific surface area of from about 10 to 20 m.sup.2/g.

Procedure

[0151] 100 parts by weight of Admafine® SO-C1 were silanized using 3.8 parts by weight (about 0.01 mmol/m.sup.2) of Dynasilan® MEMO (silane hydrolysate) in a solvent mixture composed of 150 parts by weight of water and 300 parts by weight of methoxypropanol, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,890,968B2, page 8, subsequently dried and homogenized in a mortar.

[0152] A dispersion was then produced in a manner corresponding to the example according to the invention. For this purpose, 55 parts by weight of the methacrylate-silanized Admafine® SO-C1 were dispersed a little at a time in 109 parts by weight of the resin, which unlike the example according to the invention did not contain any silane hydrate.

[0153] After only 16 hours after the end of dispersing, separate phases had formed. While a small proportion by mass of the particles still formed a dispersion, the main part of the particles already formed a solid sediment. A storage-stable homogeneous dispersion had not been obtained.