Galvanic interaction between gold and amalgam: Effect of zinc, time and surface treatments

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 134, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1463-1467

  Walker, Richard S ^a   Wade, A Gardiner ^b   Iazzetti, Gelsomina ^c   Sarkar, Nikhil K ^b  

^a LA State Univ School of Dentistry ^*  (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; GOLD ALLOY; OXIDE; SALIVA SUBSTITUTE; SILVER NITRATE; TIN OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DENSITY; DENTAL CARE; DISPERSION; ELECTRICITY; EXPERIMENT; MATERIALS; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME;

EID: 0347419420     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2003.0075     Document Type: Article

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