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16/05/2012 at 5:47 pm
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Polishing of an amalgam filling
Amalgam fillings must be polished but not until 24 hours have passed after the insertion.
Instruments and materials required
large and small saliva ejector
rotary instruments for polishing the amalgam (examples):
hard metal finisher
Arkansas stones
AABA universal polisher – dark
AABA universal polisher – light
Brownie
Greenie
Super Greenie