Carrillo SC

Language: Spanish
References: 11
Page: 322-327
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ABSTRACT

Dental amalgam has been a very trustable restorative material, highly utilized in dentistry and although with high acceptance and ample use in the dental profession, it has always had to deal with limited professional acknowledgement due to little or poor esthetic and lack of tooth color and because of the many «wars» it has to fight in the many years of life. Mercury is a very important component of the mix in the dental amalgam and its presence has been one of the key factors that has caused the unjustified detriment of the use of this restorative material that has shown an excellent clinical behavior in the almost 200 years of life.

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