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Dental Gold

Dental Gold Crowns
Dental Gold Penny Weights
Dental Gold Bridges
Gold Teeth
Gold Foil
Gold Fillings

Use of Dental Gold

Dental gold is any high gold content alloy used by dentist to repair and replace teeth. Dental gold used for creating crowns, bridges, teeth and filling of cavities and other damage to the natural teeth hard tissue. The main reason dental gold is so popular is because it is un-reactive. Because of this it does not get corroded. It can be in someone’s mouth for decades and come out in virtually the same condition as when it was implanted. Presently its use is slowly been replace by amalgams and porcelain type compounds that more closely resemble natural teeth. However, given the intrinsic characteristics of gold, it is far away to from becoming obsolete.

Characteristics of Dental Gold Alloys

Dental gold alloys are characterized by the use of hardeners. Dental gold is very hard in comparison to jewelry grade gold. Dental gold is a very specialized alloy manufactured by specialized medical suppliers. These supplier provide the whole gamut of alloys needed for any type of dental work. Each type of dental work requires specific alloy characteristics. Except for aesthetic reasons, selection of the type of dental gold alloy to be used is based on the type of dental work to be performed rather than the quality judged based on gold content. For example, dental gold foils is 99.9% (24K) pure because it is soft and easy to stuff in lateral filling. Crowns are done with hard allows ranging from 41% (10K) to 77% (19K). Historically, in average, gold crowns are 16K.

Dental gold is very hard, easy to carve but not malleable (easy to bend). It casts, molds and carves great. It does not bend or dent.

Dental gold alloy often contains, in addition to hardening metals, palladium. Yellow dental gold of a lighter, less yellowish tone tends to have more palladium.

Dental Gold Alloy Forms

Dental gold appears in the following forms

Gold Foil: Original material provided by manufacturer. Supper soft, fluffy flakes 99.9 pure
Gold Penny Weights: Original material provided by manufacturer. Alloy squares weighing 1 pennyweight (1.555 grams) engraved with the grade
Gold Teeth: Complete teeth implants made from dental gold
Gold Crowns: Gold implants that replace the original molar hard tissue
Gold Jackets: Gold covers over existing teeth.
Gold Bridges: Continuous gold implants that cover several teeth at once
Gold Fillings: Gold implants used to fill cavities. Gold fillings can be on the wall of the teeth or otherwise. Gold foil was commonly use for small horizontal cavities on the wall of the teeth

Bottom Line

Dental gold is high gold content alloy implanted in to replace natural teeth hard tissue
Dental gold alloy is hard but not malleable
Dental gold alloy ranges in purity from 10K to 24K
Historically, the average content of a gold crown is 16K