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Materials

Amalgam

Dental amalgam is a silver-coloured filling material made from a blend of mercury, silver, tin, and copper, used for over 150 years to restore decayed teeth.

Amalgam is durable and inexpensive but increasingly replaced by tooth-coloured composite due to aesthetics and concerns about mercury content. Many countries are phasing it out.

Also known as

  • Silver filling

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