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Dental amalgam

Dental amalgam Meaning & Definition
Dental amalgam Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dental amalgam?

[n] an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dental amalgam: amalgam

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See Also | alloy | metal

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