AMALGAM AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO HUMAN SOCIETY Creator: Martina Repčíková

1.Dental amalgam filling 2.Composition  Materials  Trituration 3. Relationship to human society

 an excellent and versatile restorative material  known as the "silver filling" or the silver-mercury filling  material for 160 years

 Amalgam is made up of

 Reduced-gamma-2 phase  Mercury  White filling with composit bonding  Preference

 Aluminium foil makes contact with some amalgam fillings Aluminium foil  saliva in the mouth can act as an electrolyte salivaelectrolyte  can generate small electrical currentselectrical currents  feel through the nerves in the tooth as electrical "jolts" or shocks = painfullnerves  feel “metal taste" in your mouth

 Composition of amalgam  Trituration  Relationship to human society

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