Review article

Dental Amalgam

Nada Galić ; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Jozo Šutalo ; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Goranka Prpić-Mehičić ; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivica Anić ; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Dental amalgam has been the material o f choice for the posterior tooth fillings for the past 150 years. Presented in this paper are the historic development o f amalgam, its obligatory composition, as well as the division o f different types o f amalgam according to the quantitative content o f copper and the shape o f the particles. Also, the properties o f amalgam with special regard to its toxicity are listed. It is well known that, over the past few years, attacks on dental amalgam have intensified, both in scientific and popular literature, concerning its possible pathologic impact on human body. Enumerated in the paper are recommendations by the A m erican Dental Association (ADA) on the use o f dental amalgam. In view o f the scientific research available, there is no scientifically founded evidence o f the amalgam fillings being noxious.

Keywords

dental amalgam

Hrčak ID:

99408

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/99408

Publication date:

15.6.1994.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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