The zirconia material market continues to expand, and the field of zirconia dentures welcomes an explosion

In recent years, the zirconia material market has developed by leaps and bounds, and it has become more and more sought after by various industries, especially in the field of dental materials. It is already a rising star.

What is zirconia

Zirconia is an inorganic non-metallic material with excellent properties such as high strength, high temperature resistance, wear resistance, corrosion resistance, heat insulation, high dielectric constant, and adjustable expansion coefficient. Zirconia ceramics are widely used in oxygen sensors, new Energy materials, consumer electronics functional materials, dental materials, special cutting tools and other material fields are popular in the market for their superior performance and broad application space.

The role of zirconia in oral materials

Due to its excellent performance, zirconia ceramics have become a hot spot in the field of dental materials in recent years. Zirconia ceramics are a new type of fine ceramics with good mechanical properties (fracture toughness, strength, hardness), biocompatibility, stability, aesthetics and thermal conductivity, and are widely used in inlay repairs, dental Crown restoration, denture restoration and other dental restoration fields.

The toughness of zirconia all-ceramic crown restorations that have been clinically applied is comparable to that of iron and cemented carbide, and the fracture toughness is about twice that of alumina ceramics. The excellent mechanical properties of zirconia ceramics significantly make up for the problems of low toughness, poor impact resistance and high brittleness of traditional ceramic materials in oral clinical applications, creating a prerequisite for their application and promotion in the field of oral restoration. In addition, due to the complex biological environment inside the oral cavity, it must have excellent chemical stability as an oral restorative material. As an excellent biologically inert ceramic, zirconia exhibits excellent chemical stability as an oral restoration or implant, and fully meets the standards for oral restoration materials.