DO amalgam is a type of restoration used to repair a tooth that has been damaged by dental decay or a fracture.
Amalgam is the material used, commonly called "silver fillings".
DO refers to the surfaces of the tooth that the amalgam will occupy.
D = distal (think 'back'.) O = occlusal (think 'biting')
Therefore, this is a two surface silver filling.
what nation was an amalgam of peoples of both native american and african origin
No. It is an amalgam of several real and fictional counter-terrorist organizations.
Apparently, the character of Elaine was an amalgam of Larry David's and Jerry Seinfeld's real-life girlfriends during their early days in New York as struggling comedians.
The buoyancy of Titanic, and other large vessels, is a carefully calculated amalgam of air, solid materials (wood or metal) and ballast. Thomas Andrews, who took courses in naval engineering understood this and correctly predicted Titanic's sinking.
Jöns Jakob Berzelius was the first person to isolate Calcium from electrolysis------------I believe it might have been Sir Humphrey Davy rather than Berzelius. Davy was following Berzelius who had succeeded in preparing an amalgam rather than the pure metal. Please see the wikipedia article about calcium.
Amalgam
An amalgam is a mixture or blend of different elements or substances, such as a dental amalgam used in fillings.
The amalgam of mercury was very heavy.
Amalgam Digital was created in 2006.
Creole is an amalgam of native languages and French.
An amalgam is prepared by mixing mercury with a metal.
An amalgam tray typically contains items such as amalgam carrier, condensers, carvers, burnishers, and a cotton plier for placement, condensing, carving, and shaping amalgam during dental procedures.
The acorn burnisher is very useful for putting occlusal anatomy on the amalgam filling while the amalgam is still soft.
An amalgam tattoo is a flat bluish-grey lesion of the oral mucosa wihch results from amalgam particles going into the soft tissue.
A curious amalgam of images crystallized on a translucent screen.
An amalgam restoration is a filling made of a combination of metals, including silver, tin, copper, and mercury. It is a durable and long-lasting material commonly used to fill cavities in teeth. The mercury in the amalgam is mixed with the other metals to form a safe and stable compound.
Silver amalgam for dental fillings is made from mercury and silver. The amalgam used for the reflective properties of a mirror is made from silver and tin.