Amalgams

A. It increases compresssive and tensile strengths
B. Decreased compressive, increased strength
C. Decreased compressive, decrease tensile strength
D. Increased compressive, increased tensile strength

A. Low compressive strength
B. High marginal breakdown
C. Less marginal #
D. High creep

A. 6.6 a (ppm k-1)
B. 11.4 a (ppm k-1)
C. 14.0 a (ppm k-1)
D. 25.0 a (ppm k-1)

A. Improper amalgam filling
B. Pulp exposure
C. Galvanism
D. None of the above

A. Compressive strength
B. Tensile strength
C. Corrosion
D. Creep

A. Lungs
B. Gastro-intestinal Track
C. Skin
D. Kidneys

A. From smooth atomized particles
B. From irregular and spherical particles
C. From lathe cut particles
D. From traditional alloy particles

A. Remove oxides from powder particle surface
B. Keep the amount of gamma-1 or gamma-2 matrix crystals to maximum
C. Pulverize pelletes into particles to aid in attack by mercury
D. Achieve a workable mass of amalgam in minimum time

A. Silver
B. Tin
C. Mercury
D. Zinc

A. Requires least amount of mercury
B. Achieves lowest compressive strength at 1 hr.
C. Has tensile strength both at 15 min & 7 days comparable to high copper unicompositional alloy
D. Has low creep