High-light trasmittance zirconia sintered body, preparation method therefor and use thereof

Abstract

Provided is a high-light transmittance zirconia sintered body, prepared by processing and forming a material for the high-light transmittance zirconia sintered body, and then performing high-temperature sintering in the atmosphere under normal pressure. The material for a high-light transmittance zirconia sintered body is prepared from zirconia powder and -aluminum oxide as raw materials, wherein the molar percentage of yttrium oxide in the zirconia powder is 4-6%. The high-light transmittance zirconia sintered body can be used for preparing a fixed dental prosthesis. The zirconia sintered body has a grain size of 0.1-0.7 m, and due to the dispersion and toughening by aluminum oxide, the zirconia sintered body has a higher strength and toughness. Pores in the zirconia powder can be eliminated by adding aluminum oxide. The zirconia sintered body has a higher light transmittance, and the prepared dentures are good in texture, good in jade-like appearance, and closer to the human teeth.

Claims

1. A method for preparing a material for a high-light transmittance zirconia sintered body, comprising: adding an appropriate amount of water to zirconia powder and grinding, during which -aluminum oxide powder is added, then spray granulating to obtain a powder material having an average particle diameter of 0.1 m to 0.4 m; wherein the molar percentage of yttrium oxide in the zirconia powder is 4% to 6%.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the zirconia powder has a BET specific surface area of 8 to 16 m.sup.2/g, and an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 0.4 m; and wherein the method further comprises preparing the zirconia powder comprising: mixing a soluble zirconium salt and a soluble yttrium salt at a ratio and dissolving in water to form a slurry, and wherein pH of the slurry is adjusted to 8 to 10 with ammonia water while stirring, where the molar ratio of the soluble zirconium salt to the soluble yttrium salt during the mixing is 94 to 96:4 to 6; subjecting the slurry to hydrothermal synthesis at 140 to 200 C. for 10 hours to 72 hours; washing a resultant reaction solution with water and drying to obtain a powder; heat treating the powder at 800 to 1200 C. for 2 hours to 5 hours, and then grinding and dispersing; and granulating dispersed particles to obtain a powder for a high-light transmittance zirconia sintered body.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the molar ratio of the soluble zirconium salt to the soluble yttrium salt during the mixing is 95:5.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the -aluminum oxide powder has a BET specific surface area of 5 to 16 m.sup.2/g.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the -aluminum oxide powder has a BET specific surface area of 5 to 16 m.sup.2/g.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the -aluminum oxide powder has a BET specific surface area of 5 to 16 m.sup.2/g.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising adding a dispersant and a binder to a mixture of the zirconia and the -aluminum oxide; wherein the dispersant includes at least one selected from acrylic acid, polyacrylic acid, acrylamide, and polyurethane; and wherein the binder includes at least one selected from polyvinyl alcohol, polyethylene glycol, acrylic resin, and carboxymethyl cellulose.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein weight parts of the feedstocks for preparing the material are as follows: 50 to 100 parts of zirconia powder, 0.01 to 0.1 parts of -aluminum oxide powder, 0.1 to 0.5 parts of dispersant, 0.1 to 8.0 parts of binder, and 50 to 100 parts of water.

9. The method of claim 2, further comprising adding a dispersant and a binder to a mixture of the zirconia and the -aluminum oxide; wherein the dispersant includes at least one selected from acrylic acid, polyacrylic acid, acrylamide, and polyurethane; and wherein the binder includes at least one selected from polyvinyl alcohol, polyethylene glycol, acrylic resin, and carboxymethyl cellulose.

10. The method of claim 3, further comprising adding a dispersant and a binder to a mixture of the zirconia and the -aluminum oxide; wherein the dispersant includes at least one selected from acrylic acid, polyacrylic acid, acrylamide, and polyurethane; and wherein the binder includes at least one selected from polyvinyl alcohol, polyethylene glycol, acrylic resin, and carboxymethyl cellulose.

Description

SPECIFIC MODES FOR CARRYING OUT THE EMBODIMENTS

(1) The following Examples are intended to illustrate the present invention, but are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Unless otherwise specified, the technical means used in the examples are conventional means well known to those skilled in the art, and the raw materials used are all commercially available products.

(2) The percent sign % involved in the present invention means a percentage by mass unless otherwise specified. However, the percentage of a solution, unless otherwise specified, means the number of grams of the solute contained in 100 mL solution.

(3) The -aluminum oxide powder used in the following Examples has a BET specific surface area of 5 to 16 m.sup.2/g.

Examples 1 to 5: Material for a High-Light Transmittance Zirconia Sintered Body

(4) The material for the high-light transmittance zirconia sintered body of the present invention can be prepared by the following method: adding an appropriate amount of water to zirconia powder and grinding, during which -aluminum oxide powder is added, and then the powder material having an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 0.4 m for preparing the high-light transmittance zirconia sintered body was obtained by spray granulation. (Table 1)

(5) TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Powder for the high-light transmittance zirconia sintered body Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Example 4 Example 5 Molar percentage of 4.5 5.3 6 5 5 yttrium oxide in zirconia powder BET specific surface area 10-16 10-16 10-16 10-16 10-16 of zirconia powder, m.sup.2/g Average particle diameter 0.1-0.4 0.1-0.4 0.1-0.4 0.1-0.4 0.1-0.4 of zirconia powder, m Dispersant Acrylic acid Polyacrylic Polyacrylic Acrylamide Polyurethane acid acid Binder PEG 1000 PVA124 PVA205 PEG400 PVA105 Weight ratio of zirconia 100:0.1:0.4:2:80 50:0.05:0.1:0.5:100 100:0.1:0.2:5:100 100:0.1:0.3:8:80 100:0:0.5:3:50 powder, -aluminium oxide powder, dispersant, binder and water Average particle diameter 0.210 0.198 0.202 0.321 0.189 of the material for the high-light transmittance zirconia sintered body, m

(6) The preparation method of the zirconia powder was as follows:

(7) S1, the soluble zirconium salt (zirconium nitrate) and the soluble yttrium salt (yttrium nitrate) were mixed according to a ratio and dissolved in water, ammonia water was slowly added under stirring, and the pH of the slurry was adjusted to 8 to 10 with ammonia water;

(8) S2, the slurry was transferred to a reaction kettle, and subjected to hydrothermal synthesis at 140 to 200 C. for 10 to 72 h;

(9) S3, the resultant reaction solution was washed with water and dried to obtain a powder;

(10) S4, the powder was subjected to heat treatment at 800 to 1200 C. for 2 to 5 h, and then grinding and dispersing; and

(11) S5, the dispersed particles were granulated to obtain a powder for a high-light transmittance zirconia sintered body.

Examples 6 to 10: High-Light Transmittance Zirconia Sintered Body and Preparation Method Therefor

(12) The powder prepared in Examples 1 to 5 was subjected to dry-pressing molding (molding pressure: 150 to 250 MPa), and then sintering at 1400 to 1550 C. in the atmosphere under normal pressure for 1 to 4 h to obtain the high-light transmittance zirconia sintered body. The various indexes of the obtained sintered body products were shown in Table 2.

(13) TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 Indexes of high-light transmittance zirconia sintered body products Example 6 Example 7 Example 8 Example 9 Example 10 Linear transmittance of 1 mm thick 47 50 48 47 49 ceramic, % Three-point bending strength, MPa 750 820 648 800 748 Monoclinic phase of the aged 7.6 5.3 1.2 2.5 2.8 sintered body, % Fracture toughness, MPa .Math. m.sup.1/2 7 9 8 6 6

(14) The high-light transmittance zirconia sintered body provided in the present invention can be used as dental materials such as fixed dental prostheses, for example, dentures.

(15) Although the present invention is described in detail with general description and specific embodiments as above, it will be apparent to a person skilled in the art that some modifications and improvements can be made on the basis of the present invention. Therefore, such modifications or improvements without departing from the spirit of the present invention are intended to be within the scope of protection of the present invention.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

(16) The zirconia sintered body provided in the present invention has a grain size of 0.1 to 0.7 m, and due to the dispersion and toughening by aluminum oxide, the zirconia sintered body has a higher strength and toughness. Pores in the zirconia powder can be eliminated by adding aluminum oxide. The zirconia sintered body has a higher light transmittance, and the prepared dentures have good texture, good jade-like appearance, and are closer to the human teeth.