The aim of the present investigation was assess the thermal reaction during hardening of representative fourteen commercially available conventional dental amalgam alloys: DA HA HV KA AC CA FC IH MM OT SS SCA SA UT and six high-copper dental amalgam a...
The aim of the present investigation was assess the thermal reaction during hardening of representative fourteen commercially available conventional dental amalgam alloys: DA HA HV KA AC CA FC IH MM OT SS SCA SA UT and six high-copper dental amalgam alloys: A-21 KS LA OP PM PA used in Korea. These tests were performed with a thermistor probe (YSI Model 42 SC) using physiograph(MK-IV, Narco, Biosystems, U.S.A.). The peak temperature of the thermal reactions of dental amalgams were determined by the mean value of three measurements.
From the experiments, the results were as follows:
1. The results indicate that the peak temperature of exothermic reactions of the conventional amalgams was attained during 7.67 ±1.76℃ and 15.50 ±0.50℃, respectively.
2. The results suggest that the exothermic peak temperature for the high-copper amalgams was considerably higher than those of the conventional amalgams.
3. The results for the recommended ratio revealed significant increases in exothermic reactions and the (+) modified ratio showed significantly less exothermic reactions than the (-) modified ratio.
4. The results show that the peak temperature rise of dental amalgams was attained during 7.17 ±0.29℃ and 24.17 ±0.29℃ according to the type of amalgamators, respectively.