DENTAL MILL BLANK HAVING MULTIPLE LAYERS THAT ARE VISUALLY IDENTIFIABLE

摘要

In color reproduction for a dental restorative material, in order to achieve a color that closely matches the color of the natural tooth, one technique that is used is to form a mill blank by laminating layers of materials having different colors. However, misidentification of layers frequently occurs. The present invention is a dental mill blank having a plurality of layers and the dental mill blank has a visual identifying portion by which the plurality of layers are visually identifiable. The visual identifying portion may be provided by color or by structure. Providing the visual identifying portion by color refers to coloring the surface of a layer of the dental mill blank and providing the visual identifying portion by structure refers to forming microscopic or macroscopic irregularities in the entire periphery or part of a layer surface.

主权项

1. A dental mill blank including a plurality of layers, the dental mill blank comprising:
a visual identifying portion that visually represents the layers.