From outer space to the space in your mouth.

Zirconium oxide was discovered in the year of revolution, 1789, by German chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth, but for a long time no one was aware of its potential. Only in more recent times have its multiple abilities been recognised. The high-performance ceramic is used especially for applications in space, automobiles and in the human body. It is wonderfully well suited for use even in one of the “most brutal biotopes” (Prof. Peter Schärer) that there is, the mouth. Here, zirconium oxide can demonstrate all of its advantages at once!

Zirconium oxide – where other material will fail.

Take a good look at the brake discs of a new Porsche? Consider how the Space Shuttle tolerates the enormous heat generation? In pumps, cutting tools and internal combustion engines, the secret’s out: zirconium oxide. Without exception, the high-performance ceramic plays an important but inconspicuous role. This is true in medicine as well with over 300,000 successfully inserted and functional zirconium oxide hip joints bearing witness to this. Now you too can use this material, which the patient will regard as an “integral part of him/her” without giving it a second thought.

TECHNICAL DATA
CTE:	10.5 (25-500oC)
Color:	White
Bending Strength:	Approx. 900 MPa
Coefficient of Elasticity:	210 GPa
COMPOSITION
Zirconium Oxide
and
Yttrium Oxide	5 %
Hafnium Oxide	< 2 %
Aluminium Oxide + Silicon Oxide	< 1 %
(Total Composition 100 %)