Dental Materials
Volume 24, Issue 7 , Pages 874-879 , July 2008

Existence of an electrically insulating layer in amalgam-containing galvanic couples

  • Elliott J. Sutow

      Affiliations

    • Department of Applied Oral Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie University, 5981 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3J5
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 902 494 8813; fax: +1 902 494 6621.
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  • James C. Taylor

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dental Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie University, 5981 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3J5
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  • Wayne A. Maillet

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dental Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie University, 5981 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 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, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3J5
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  • Michele Millar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mathematics, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3M 2J6

Received 29 June 2007 ,Revised 5 October 2007 ,Accepted 4 November 2007.

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PII: S0109-5641(07)00254-0

doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2007.11.002

Dental Materials
Volume 24, Issue 7 , Pages 874-879 , July 2008

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