Effect of Compaction Technic and Mercury:Alloy Ratio on the Adaptation of Spherical Alloy Dental Amalgam
- 1 September 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Dental Research
- Vol. 48 (5) , 879-882
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00220345690480054401
Abstract
Six different ratios of mercury to alloy were evaluated for a spherical alloy dental amalgam by hand and pneumatic compaction into a test cavity with an internal line angle of 30°. Measurements of the area of discrepancy between amalgam and wall of the cavity in 240 specimens showed that varying the amount of mercury in 1% increments between 48 and 52% compositions did not introduce significant changes in adaptation for either of the two compaction technics.Keywords
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- Quantitative Evaluation of the Adaptation of Dental Amalgam into Line AnglesJournal of Dental Research, 1968