منابع مشابه
Oral lichen planus and allergy to dental amalgam restorations.
OBJECTIVES To determine contact allergies in patients with oral lichen planus and to monitor the effect of partial or complete replacement of amalgam fillings following a positive patch test reaction to ammoniated mercury, metallic mercury, or amalgam. DESIGN In group A (20 patients), the oral lesions were confined to areas in close contact with amalgam fillings. In group B (20 patients), the...
متن کاملWear of dental amalgam.
The wear of cental amalgam was studied by single- and double-pass sliding and by a silicon carbide abrasion test. A dispersed amalgam showed significantly better resistance to two-body abrasion than the spherical amalgams tested. The wear amalgam was determined by resistance to penetration and by a ductile mode of surface failure over the load range studied. Differences in the wear of amalgam a...
متن کاملAlternatives to Dental Amalgam - A Review
Worldwide publicity of the amalgam controversy has intensified the growing concerns on its utilization and safety. This controversy has grown beyond the confines of the dental profession itself and has become an emotional public health issue. Amalgam has been the material of choice for restoring posterior teeth for more than 100 years. Presently, there has been a shift toward resin composite an...
متن کاملMicrostructure of dental amalgam.
Numerous studies have been done in the past to identify the phases present in dental amalgam. Both metallographic and X-ray diffraction techniques have been used.-' Most researchers now presume that dental amalgam consists mainly of three phases. The original particle is an alloy of Ag, Sn, Cu, and sometimes Zn; the major portion is the compound Ag3Sn, which is often referred to as Py. After am...
متن کاملDental amalgam--environmental aspects.
Increasing knowledge about the risk of toxic effects caused by anthropogenic mercury accumulation in ecosystems has resulted in a growing pressure for reduction of the discharge of mercury waste. Consequently, the mercury waste problems of dental clinics have been given increased attention, and restrictions on handling and discharge of contaminated waste have been established in several countri...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical and Dental Practice
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2367-6795
DOI: 10.18044/medinform.201954.968