Dental Materials

a mixture of two or more metals

reaction that occurs when silver-based alloy is mixed with mercury

restorative material composed of silver-based alloy mixed with mercury

irregularly shaped particles formed by shaving fine particles from an alloy ingot

alloy particles produced as small spheres

mixture of lathe-cut and spherical alloys

a chemical reaction between tin in the silver-based alloy and mercyry that causes corrosion of the amalgam

oxidation affecting a thin layer of ametal at tis surface. Not as destructive as corrosion

oxidation from interaction of two dissimilar metals in the presence of a solution containing electrolytes (such as saliva). It results in breakdown of amalgam

gradual change in the shape of a restoration caused by compression from occlusion or adjacent teeth

mechanical device used to mix the silver-based alloy particles with mercury to produce amalgam