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Nov 6, 2013 18:25
10 yrs ago
German term
stopfreste
German to English
Medical
Medical: Dentistry
in the context of disposing of mercury-containing waste from dentistry
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contact amalgam
Contact amalgam is amalgam that has been in contact with the patient. Examples are extracted teeth with amalgam restorations, carving scrap collected at chair side, and amalgam captured by chair side traps, filters, or screens.
http://www.ada.org/sections/publicResources/pdfs/topics_amal...
http://www.ada.org/sections/publicResources/pdfs/topics_amal...
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