Updates in dental materials--Part 3: Dental amalgams

Recent years have seen a number of innovations and developments with respect to dental materials and their applications in clinical dentistry. This series of short articles considers the more important aspects of these developments under the general term 'Updates in Dental Materials'. Dental composite systems and bonding to tooth material are discussed in Part 1. Resin cements are treated in Part 2. Part 3 presents dental amalgams and Part 4 advances in ceramic materials.