[Jewelry making - Article 00509] - Re: [Orchid] Silver as Bacteriacide

[andy cooperman]

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    When I used to make crowns and bridges in a dentist's office years
    ago, the main dentist maintained that silver was a indeed a
    bacteriacide.  He'd seen countless silver amalgam fillings-- which he
    often replaced with the then "new" composites--which were rattling in
    the tooth preps.  After years, the alloy shrank or was worn away at
    the margins, becoming loose enough to lose their "Marginal seals" but
    not loose enough to fall out.  He was intrigues that further decay
    did not seem to occur to any significant degree. 

Take care, Andy Cooperman

coopermanjewelry.com
andycooperman.com

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