[Clinical and microstructural comparative studies on fillings made from gallium-tin-nickel alloys and from silver-tin amalgam].
The filling material "Gallodent" has been clinically controlled for a period of one year. Scanning electron microscopic examinnations revealed greater surface porosity with negligible microleakage and better marginal adaptation as compared to amalgam. Early corrosion phenomena required re-polishing every three months. This disadvantage and the brittleness of the gallium-tin-nickel alloys hinder, at present, these alloys from superseding high-silver amalgams.
D003723:Dental Amalgam; D003764:Dental Materials / Q000592:standards*; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent; D005708:Gallium; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009532:Nickel; D012834:Silver; D013499:Surface Properties; D014001:Tin
D003764:Dental Materials; D012834:Silver; D014001:Tin; D009532:Nickel; D003723:Dental Amalgam; D005708:Gallium
Klinische und mikrostrukturelle Vergleichsuntersuchungen an Füllungen aus Gallium-Zinn-Nickel-Legierungen und Silber-Zinn-Amalgam.