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No. The very meaning of the word "amalgam" means a combination of different substances.

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Is dental amalgam a mixture or pure substance?

Amalgam is an alloy having mercury as a base metal. It may be solid or liquid.Silver-mercury amalgams are important in dentistry, and gold-mercury amalgam is used in the extraction of gold from ore. 1. an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fillcavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams .2. a combination or blend of diverse things.


What are substances made up of Amalgam?

amalgam is the substance made up of two or more other substance... basically its a mixture


What can Mercury dental fillings do to you?

The answer from the dental community has been "Not Much". There is no conclusive evidence that the amount of Mercury contained in a dental filling can hurt you. You should know that they are not comprised entirely of Mercury and the substance is referred to as amalgam. There are alternatives to Mercury amalgam fillings and you should ask you dentist if these are available if your concern is that great.


What are the solute of dental amalgam?

The main solutes in dental amalgam are silver, tin, and copper. These metals are mixed with mercury to form a stable alloy used in dental fillings.


Amalgam in a sentence?

The dentist filled my cavity with a silver amalgam.


What is the solvent in amalgam?

The solvent in dental amalgam is mercury. Mercury is used to bind together the powdered metals in dental amalgam to form a strong and durable filling material.


How was dental amalgam discovered?

An amalgam is a composite of the substance mercury with other metals, which are used in dental fillings. The history of amalgams dates back to China's Tang Dynasty, which was during the period between 618 and 907 A.D. Tin and silver were the metals used to make amalgams. Amalgams were used in Western world in the 1800s.


Who invented amalgam fillings?

In 1833 the Crawcour brothers, two Frenchmen, brought amalgam to the United States, and in 1844 it was reported that fifty percent of all dental restorations placed in upstate New York consisted of amalgam.[5] However, at that point the use of dental amalgam was declared to be malpractice, and the American Society of Dental Surgeons (ASDS), the only US dental association at the time, forced all of its members to sign a pledge to abstain from using the mercury fillings.[6] This was the beginning of what are known as the first dental amalgam war.[7] - excerpt wikipedia.


What tools are in an amalgam tray?

An amalgam tray typically contains items such as amalgam carrier, condensers, carvers, burnishers, and a cotton plier for placement, condensing, carving, and shaping amalgam during dental procedures.


What metals are used in the alloys for Amalgam?

Silver amalgam for dental fillings is made from mercury and silver. The amalgam used for the reflective properties of a mirror is made from silver and tin.


What is amalgam used for?

An amalgam of mercury with another metal. Amalgam as used in teeth with such metals as silver, copper, tin, zinc or indium being mixed with mercury


What are various type of solid solutions in dentistry?

One of them is amalgam. In dentistry, amalgam is an alloy of mercury with various metals used for dental fillings, most commonly silver-amalgam.