Amalgam

What is Amalgam?


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A type of traditional dental filling material that is silver in colour and contains mercury as well as other metals such as silver and tin. There have been some health concerns regarding its use but is still considered to be an excellent filling material.

The dentist filled my decayed tooth with an amalgam filling

See mercury, restoration


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