Feb
16
Dental amalgam has been in the spotlight ever since people started to raise questions about the safety of the mercury it contains. Studies showed that mercury is detrimental to health and can even cause death in certain conditions.
So just what is dental amalgam? For most parts, it is the element mercury mixed with some metal alloy that makes it malleable. Mercury on it’s own is a unique metal that has the qualities of a metal but flows like a liquid. Mix it with the metal alloy and you get a material that is easy to work with yet hardens to a tough filling. Mercury is also a bacteria killing material hence it’s widespread use in dental work.
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