Journal of the American Dental Association, Vol 125, Issue 3, 282-288
Copyright © 1994 by American Dental Association
Sensitivity answers sought in amalgam alloy microleakage study
DB Mahler
and
LW Nelson
Department of Dental Materials Sciences, School of Dentistry, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201.
Sensitivity often occurs shortly after an amalgam restoration is placed. This phenomenon has been related in part to microleakage at the amalgam/tooth interface. When microleakage characteristics of a large number of commercially available dental amalgams were examined, results showed wide variation in the amount of microleakage.