title: Amalgam: dead or alive?
abstract: The use of dental amalgam is on the decline, yet its many advantages, including the contrast in colour with the tooth, increase the possibility that the patient's dentition will last a lifetime.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Dental amalgam is still a viable restorative material. A recipe for the placing of better amalgam restorations along with clinical restorations of 30-year longevity using these techniques is presented.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 E 9th Ave, Denver, CO 80262, USA.
authors.forename: John W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Osborne
mesh_terms: D003723:Dental Amalgam; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D019233:Retreatment; D013674:Technology, Dental
chemical_list: D003723:Dental Amalgam