Dental Materials
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 325-329 , April 2006

Corrosion potential variation of aged dental amalgam restorations over time

  • Elliott J. Sutow

      Affiliations

    • Department of Applied Oral Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie University, 5981 University Avenue, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 3J5
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 902 494 8813; fax: +1 902 494 6621.
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  • Wayne A. Maillet

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dental Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie University, 5981 University Avenue, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 3J5
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  • Gordon C. Hall

      Affiliations

    • Department of Applied Oral Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie University, 5981 University Avenue, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 3J5

Received 6 July 2004 ,Revised 5 April 2005

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doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2005.06.001

Dental Materials
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 325-329 , April 2006

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