A description of how we helped the worlds leading dental ceramic company develop a new to the world new ceramic material.

1. World Leading Dental
Ceramics Company
Company Profile
 The company is a global leader in implant, restorative and regenerative dentistry. They offer
their products and services to dental professionals and dental laboratories around the world.
Innovation Challenge
 While the client was already perceived as the innovation leader of their industry, they wanted
to develop the next generation of dental ceramic material before any competitor.
Outcome (2011) – A New to the World Dental Ceramic Material
 A new breakthrough translucent ceramic material was developed, which doubled flexural
strength from 300 to 600 MPa and doubled fracture toughness from 3 to 6 MPa∙m0.5, while
maintaining the expected level of translucency comparable to a real tooth.
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