Abstract: [Problem] A technique for improving translucency in order to prepare a zirconia sintered body having high translucency without using special equipment, has been required. [Solution] To provide A sintering method for a dental zirconia calcined body containing 5.5 mol % to 7.0 mol % of a stabilizer, wherein the method satisfies the following (a) to (c). (a) an average rate of temperature increase in the section from room temperature to 1300° C. is 9° C./min or more. (b) an average rate of temperature increase in the section from 1300° C. to 1400° C. is 0.6° C./min or more and 3° C./min or less. (c) an average rate of temperature increase in the section from 1400° C. to the maximum temperature of the sintering process is 0.5° C./min or more and 2.5° C./min or less.

Abstract: To provide a liquid for improving translucency for dental zirconia calcined body which may impart high translucency which is similar to an enamel of a natural tooth to a zirconia sintered body and a method for using thereof. The liquid for improving translucency for dental zirconia calcined body of the present disclosure contains a solvent and an indium compound, wherein a content of the indium compound based on the total amount of the liquid improving translucency for dental zirconia calcined body is within a range of 2.0 wt. % to 20.0 wt. % in terms of indium.

Abstract: [Problem] A technique for imparting high translucency which is similar to an enamel of a natural tooth to a zirconia sintered body, has been required. [Solution] To provide a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining, containing, an yttrium compound and an indium compound as stabilizers, wherein, an amount of the yttrium compound is within a range of 3.0 mol % to 6.0 mol % in terms of oxide, an amount of the indium compound is within a range of 0.2 mol % to 3.0 mol % in terms of oxide, and a total amount of the yttrium compound and the indium compound is within a range of 5.5 mol % to 7.0 mol % in terms of oxide.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining which may impart reproducibility of color tone similar to a natural tooth and high strength to a zirconia perfect sintered body without a special sintering method such as HIP treatment. [Solution] A zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining comprises at least two intermediate layers LA and LB which satisfy the following Formula (1) and Formula (2), wherein the layer LA is contained in a section A in which a distance from one plane of two planes is within 40% of the distance between the two planes and the layer LB is contained in a section B in which a distance from the other plane is within 40% of the distance between the two planes, wherein in a case in which, a sintered body prepared by sintering at 1550° C. a test specimen cut out from the layer LA is defined as sintered body SA, a sintered body at 1550° C.

Abstract: [Problem] To support the metal without segregation on the zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining which has been adjusted to a hardness that enables to cut and machine by calcining at a low temperature. [Solution] A zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining is prepared by A preparing method of a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining, comprising an impregnation step of impregnating a porous zirconia molded body with an impregnating solution containing at least one metal ion and at least one precipitant, and a deposition step of decomposing the precipitant in the porous zirconia molded body to deposit a metal compound.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining which may impart high translucency similar to an enamel of a natural tooth to zirconia sintered body even in a short time sintering, and a preparing method thereof. In addition, the present disclosure provides a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining which may impart the same degree of translucency to a zirconia sintered body even in a short time sintering as compared with the case of sintering for 427 minutes. The zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining of the present disclosure contains a gallium compound.

Abstract: To provide a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining which has excellent machinability in a thin workpiece such as an inlay, an onlay and a veneer, and may impart high strength and high translucency to a zirconia perfect sintered body without a special sintering such as HIP treatment, and a preparing method thereof. The zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining has a porosity within a range of 15 to 30%.