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Gold castings

Gold lingual plate

Gold is used extensively in many areas of dentistry, including full and partial removable dentures. Although expensive, gold has some advantages over cobalt chrome due to a lower value of modulus of elasticity and greater ductility. This gives clasps greater flexibility, allowing them to engage deeper undercuts with less likelihood of fracture. Gold also makes an ideal alternative to Cobalt or Nickel chrome for patients with allergies to those alloys.

We have found Argenco 60S from the Argen Corporation to be an excellent alloy for our requirements and use it for all of our gold castings.

We are happy to design cases for clients if preferred, but a downloadable design sheet is provided on this site for the convenience of those who wish to do this for themselves.

Argenco 60S Metal Content (%)
Au Pd Ag Ir In Cu Zn
60 3.5 21.75 <1 <1 13.49 1

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Walrus crowns

Tusk at the impression stage

In the winter of 2004, we completed a set of crowns for five walruses belonging to the Parque Oceanográfico de Valencia, the largest oceanographic park in Europe. The animals had been wearing away their tusks on the edge of their pool and the crowns were supplied to protect the tips from further damage.

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