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Name the Amalgam consist of ?
Powdered form of Amalgam Alloy and Liquid Mercury
What are the composition of the Dental Amalgam?
Mercury(43%to 54%) and Amalgam Alloy powder (46%to 57%)
what is the Alloy powder?
Silver, Tin, Copper and Zinc
what is Amalgam?
A silver tooth fillimng material made from Alloy with one of the element being mercury
what is Eames Technique ?
This Ratio is the one portion of mercury and one portion of Alloy by weight
What are the Non Mercury Alloys?
Also called Galloy and composed of gallium , indium and tin. which are all approved by ADA.
What are the drawbacks of mercury?
Potential harm to patient from Mercury within Amalgam placed in teeth and toxicity level of mercury vapors affecting dental personal exposed over long period.
What is trituration?
A process by which mercury and alloy powder are mixed together
What is Other name of trituration ?
Amalgamation
What are the two contraindications to use of dental Amalgam?
It does look very aesthetic on the anterior teeth and patients might have the mercury Allergy
Name two low copper dental Amalgam?
New truly Dentalloy and Micro 2
What is Amalgamator?
we Use to mix silver coloured amalgam capsule from dental capsule from denatl Amalgam Alloy. It starts shaking during the set period of time which is only seconds.
What is the function of copper in dental Amalgam Allloy ?
It gives strength and also it is corrosion Resistant.