Post on 14-Dec-2015
an excellent and versatile restorative material
known as the "silver filling" or the silver-mercury filling
material for 160 years
Aluminium foil makes contact with some amalgam fillings
saliva in the mouth can act as an electrolyte
can generate small electrical currents feel through the nerves in the tooth
as electrical "jolts" or shocks = painfull
feel “metal taste" in your mouth
http://dentistry.about.com/od/commondentalprocedure1/i/choosefillings_2.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalgam_(chemistry)
http://www.stanford.edu/~bcalhoun/amalgam.htm