Effects of burnishing on microleakage in an amalgam system.
No significant increase or decrease in microleakage occurred as a result of single or double burnishing of amalgam. When cavity varnish use was compared with no use of cavity varnish, significantly less microleakage was noted with the nonburnished control, single-burnish, and double-burnish techniques utilizing the cavity varnish. It was concluded that burnishing is not a factor in microleakage when using Optaloy, but microleakage can be reduced by the use of a cavity liner such as Copalite.
D001345:Autoradiography; D003723:Dental Amalgam / Q000592:standards*; D003736:Dental Cavity Lining; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent; D006801:Humans; D013499:Surface Properties
D003723:Dental Amalgam