amalgam
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- noun
- /əˈmælɡəm/
- Specialized
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amalgama
- Patients often ask whether amalgam fillings are safe and if there are better alternatives available.
- amalgam fillings
- dental amalgam
What do you advise people should, should they get their amalgam fillings removed?
- What do you advise people should, should they get their amalgam fillings removed?
- And if you put that in a pan with gold, it'll form amalgam.
- A lot of us have been very vocal against the use of metals or mercury in amalgam dental fillings and other dental work.
Examples
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The main ways that humans are exposed to mercury are from contaminated fish and dental amalgams or silver fillings.
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I have had all my amalgams removed, and I am in the process of having my children's removed.
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The danger of amalgam fillings has been confirmed by research from around the world.
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There is much valid research to prove the danger of amalgam fillings.
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For a while I was walking around with a number of these amalgams in the shape of fillings in my mouth.
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When I was pregnant with child number two, I had five large amalgams drilled and replaced.
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In many cases of removal, the amalgam filling is replaced by composite or gold restorations.
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Dental amalgam is a mercury-based filling that contains elemental mercury at about 50% by weight.
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Dental amalgam is commonly used as a filling material because it is durable and can withstand the pressure of chewing.
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Many dentists prefer amalgam for dental fillings due to its strength and longevity compared to other materials.
Synonyms
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A material a dentist puts into a tooth after removing decay
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A material dentists use to attach crowns or fill gaps in teeth
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A mix of mercury and other metals used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth
Compounds
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A mix of mercury and other metals used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth
Surface Forms
Etymology
Amalgam comes from an old word malagma meaning 'soft mass' or 'paste', a name for soft mixes of metals like mercury and silver. That's why amalgam came to mean the metal alloy dentists used to fill teeth.