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

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

Composition of amalgam

Trituration

Relationship to human society

http://dentistry.about.com/od/commondentalprocedure1/i/choosefillings_2.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalgam_(chemistry)

http://www.stanford.edu/~bcalhoun/amalgam.htm

Thank you for your

attention