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Corrosion and artificial caries‐like lesions around amalgam restorations
Author(s) -
Silva Margarita,
Zimmerman B. F.,
Weinberg R.,
Sarkar N. K.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1987.tb05376.x
Subject(s) - corrosion , amalgam (chemistry) , materials science , dentistry , carious lesion , metallurgy , medicine , chemistry , enamel paint , electrode
Corrosion of amalgam restorations may be a contributing factor in the development of secondary caries. Three commonly used alloys with different corrosion potentials were tested in vitro. The higher the corrosion resistance, the smaller was the artificial caries‐like lesion formed around the restoration.