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SLOVak TECHNIcal UNIVERsity BRATISLAVa Faculty of food and chemical technology

SLOVak TECHNIcal UNIVERsity BRATISLAVa Faculty of food and chemical technology. AMALGAM AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO HUMAN SOCIETY Creator : Martina Repčíková. INTRODUCTION. Dental amalgam filling Composition Materials Trituration Relationship to human society. Amalgam.

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SLOVak TECHNIcal UNIVERsity BRATISLAVa Faculty of food and chemical technology

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  1. SLOVakTECHNIcalUNIVERsityBRATISLAVaFacultyoffood and chemicaltechnology AMALGAM AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO HUMAN SOCIETY Creator: Martina Repčíková

  2. INTRODUCTION • Dental amalgam filling • Composition • Materials • Trituration • Relationship to human society

  3. Amalgam • anexcellent and versatilerestorativematerial • knownasthe  "silverfilling" or thesilver-mercuryfilling • materialfor 160 years

  4. Composition • Amalgam is made up of

  5. Relationship to human society • Reduced-gamma-2 phase • Mercury • White filling with composit bonding • Preference

  6. Galvanicshock • Aluminiumfoilmakescontactwithsomeamalgamfillings • saliva in themouthcanactasanelectrolyte • cangeneratesmallelectricalcurrents • feelthroughthenerves in thetoothaselectrical "jolts" or shocks = painfull • feel “metal taste" in yourmouth

  7. conclusion • Composition of amalgam • Trituration • Relationship to human society

  8. bibliohraphy • http://dentistry.about.com/od/commondentalprocedure1/i/choosefillings_2.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalgam_(chemistry) • http://www.stanford.edu/~bcalhoun/amalgam.htm

  9. Thank you for your attention

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