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His refusal to use it again is correct
Dental gold alloys are quite touchy.
You can't simply mix unknown gold alloys and cast a new crown.
The allioy and the "cement mold" where the gold is cast into it must be in harmony, must be "matching".
Casting is not as simple as it might look to people.
Are there any dentists in the house?
No offence, but a dentist's chair is not my favorite place to spend a nice afternoon... even though I like stainless steel fittings as much as the next guy. Thankfully it's only a short visit but it looks like several more are coming in the near future. S...
His refusal to use it again is correct
Dental gold alloys are quite touchy. You can't simply mix unknown gold alloys and cast a new crown. The allioy and the "cement mold" where the gold is cast into it must be in harmony, must be "matching". Casting is not as simple as it might look to people...
Thanks for the clarification
The dentist also said "Labs around here don't do much gold anymore and they don't do it well" so he recommended a ceramic/zirconium (?) replacement. I guess I will have to get an IWC to match my crown. He also declined to inset a diamond in my tooth so I ...
Well, that gold crown served you very long, or?
I always prefer gold and manual labor and craftsmanship over a machine milled crown.
Great GS :)
Dentists.... I was hyper fortunate to have an extraordinarily good one as a teenager (forever grateful Dr. Vera!), so that even at present, pushing 40 years of age I have yet to undergo a single tooth repair........ Cheers, Filip
I had the same dentist more than 30 years but he retired, so now I have to go around to find one
this guy did not comment on my fine GS watch, so perhaps I have to look a bit more... Cazalea
