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You want weird? Dental gold. Got any?

WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
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My dentist gave me the choice early last year for my first crown. Porcelain or gold. IIRC, the porcelain actually has some metals beneath the porcelain, but the gold is all metal.

I went gold. image

She knew my interest in metals, so I got to hold and examine the crown while waiting for the novocaine to kick in. Heavy little booger. I think we estimated it at about .2 ounces. And I got to see the box the materials came in. Here's what mine is made of:

Au 77%
Ag 13.1%
Pd 1%

I LOVE having that in-built nugget on me at all times. The fact that it's got some AG and PD is just icing on the cake!

Talladium brand dental gold
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  • BBQnBLUESBBQnBLUES Posts: 1,803 ✭
    Did she offer the Bio-98+ ?

    Hey, It's only $200 more image
  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    Reminds me of that soldier in The Thin Red Line...



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  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    That is why, I always carry a pair

    of pliers with me, when I go outside.image

    By the way, the gold crown is very hard and

    lasts longer then the alternative materials.
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  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    So you were that soldier depicted in the movie, Bear? image I knew you were wise, but not that old... image


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    .....GOD
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    "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9

    "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5

    "For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Did she offer the Bio-98+ ?

    Hey, It's only $200 more image >>



    Ooohhh check out U-72:

    Au 72.5%
    Pt 8.5%
    Ag 15.2%

    That's a combination that would make any metal addict proud!
    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
  • sonde79sonde79 Posts: 94
    too much gold in the mouth is bad for the health. just don't buy a grill and you will be fine. image
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  • PutTogetherPutTogether Posts: 2,141 ✭✭✭
    I have two! I got them because the dentist told me that the gold crowns will almost always last 20 yrs longer than the porcelain. Since they are in the very back of my mouth, and you can't ever see them - I figured why not go for the gold so to speak. I had forgotten I even had them until I read this thread.


  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,085 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I have two! I got them because the dentist told me that the gold crowns will almost always last 20 yrs longer than the porcelain. Since they are in the very back of my mouth, and you can't ever see them - I figured why not go for the gold so to speak. I had forgotten I even had them until I read this thread. >>



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  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mine's on the upper right, closest molar to the front. So it's not really apparent when I'm speaking, but if I smile really big you catch a glimpse.
    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
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  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 22,800 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm in the process of having a crown re-done. The original lasted about 30 years, as close as I can recall. I asked my dentist about the composition of the new crown and she listed the same as what Weiss listed, plus some copper (which surprised me).
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  • GritsManGritsMan Posts: 2,599 ✭✭✭
    I've got enough gold in my teeth to safely get across the border in an emergency. The problem is that the dental care in Canada isn't so good if I need to replace any of the crowns.

    Recently, I was standing on a kind of iffy corner in New Orleans when a man started talking to me. Every tooth in his mouth had a big gold crown on it! Figuring the cost, it's probably not a stretch to guess the kind of business he was in!
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,085 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Recently, I was standing on a kind of iffy corner in New Orleans when a man started talking to me. Every tooth in his mouth had a big gold crown on it! Figuring the cost, it's probably not a stretch to guess the kind of business he was in! >>



    Coin dealer?imageimage

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  • holeinone1972holeinone1972 Posts: 5,348 ✭✭✭
    Ebay has some.......................................
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  • secondrepublicsecondrepublic Posts: 2,619 ✭✭✭
    No offense, but this thread is gross!! image
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,085 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>No offense, but this thread is gross!! image >>



    Agree. The Nazi's were also really into gold teeth.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Gross? It's gold. It's body adornment. It's beautiful. It's functional. It's valuable.

    The process for making a crown is labor intensive, scientifically interesting, and just plain cool. Having a trained specialist make a solid gold object not just for you, but to literally replace and enhance a part of your physical being is totally awesome. There's nothing gross about it.

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    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
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