| Definition of 'dental amalgam' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) amalgam, dental amalgam
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
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| Definition of 'dental amalgam' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. dental amalgam
An alloy used in restorative dentistry that contains mercury, silver, tin, copper, and possibly zinc.
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