title: Corrosion of endodontic silver cones in humans: a scanning electron microscope and X-ray microprobe study.
abstract: Analyses with the scanning electron microscope and the X-ray microprobe were performed on 13 silver cones removed from 12 patients. The cones showed changes that ranged from surface dulling to black corrosion and pitting. Sulfur and chlorine were detected at the apical end of the cones and in the biopsy specimens of periapical tissues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biophysics, United States Army Institue of Dental Research, Washington, DC 20012, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Brady
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: del Rio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003343:Corrosion; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D012834:Silver
chemical_list: D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials; D012834:Silver