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J Dent Res 49(2): 399-407, 1970
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Corrosion of Amalgam Restorations

RICHARD S. MATEER 1 and CLAIR D. REITZ 1

1 Colleges of Engineering and Dentistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

Metallographic examination of amalgam restorations in extracted teeth revealed two types of corrosive attack: (1) surface conversion of ggr2 to yield betaSnO2 and Sn S3 as bulk deposits, beneficial in sealing and anchoring the restoration and (2) a branchlike cracking through ggr1 of the margins, associated with guttering.

Submitted on April 13, 1969






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