Why Is It Not as Necessary to Polish Today's Generation

question 11

Multiple Choice

Why is it not as necessary to polish today's generation of amalgam restorations as it was to polish earlier amalgams?

• A) They are high in copper,which is shiny.
• B) They are low in copper and don't tarnish.
• C) They are well burnished to finish them.
• D) They set faster,so it is not necessary.

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