Suntech® H.C. Zirconia
More than 300,000 artificial hip joint implants and several thousand dental implants is impressive testimonies to the biological compatibility of Zirconium dioxide. Further properties of hard-sintered Suntech® Zirconia are listed in the following table.
Advantages
- Proven strength and all-ceramic beauty
- Highly biocompatible material
- No specialized preparation or cementation
- Excellent fit
Indications
- Single units to long span bridges (16 units)
- Indicated for all positions within the mouth
Properties
| Shade | white/Radiopaque |
| Density | > 6.05 g/cm3 |
| Flexural strength | 1.200 ± 200 MPa |
| Weibull modulus | >8 |
| Young's modulus | >210 GPa |
| Open porosity | none |
| Thermal expansion | 11*10-6/ K |
| Composition | ZrO2 + HfO2 + Y2O3 > 99.0 wt% Y2O3: 5.15 ± 0.2 wt% HfO2: < 5 wt% Al2O3: 0.25 ± 0.1 wt% Fe2O3: < 0.1 wt% Na2O: < 0.04 wt% |
- Suntech® Zirconia long span bridge (16 units)
- Suntech® Zirconia bridge
- Suntech® Zirconia finished work
