| abstract |
The invention relates to a dental ceramic blank, in particular a filled milling blank, comprising at least one organic compound, such as a polymer polymerized in the blank, for improving the machining properties of the blank. The blank has an open-pore ceramic microstructure which has 2 to 50 wt.%, based on the total composition of the dental ceramic blank, of at least one organic compound. The invention also relates to a method for producing the blank. The milling blank according to the invention clearly exhibits improved material properties compared to unfilled purely ceramic milling blanks which have been milled into blanks for molded prosthetic parts in CAD/CAM methods. |