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JupitarCoinsJupitarCoins Posts: 2,595 ✭
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Does anyone know what karat gold dentists use in making a gold crown/cap?
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  • gsa1fangsa1fan Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭
    google 14,18, & 22K
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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,119 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Dental gold usually assays out around 16 kt (.6666 fine). That assumes that things like steel posts or screws are removed first.
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  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Got my first crown in early '08. Dentist gave me a choice of enamel epoxy or gold. So of course... image

    She showed me the box the materials came in:

    CB-77 Talladium brand type II (Au 77%; Pd 1%; Ag 13.1%)

    I also have heard that dental gold assays around 16k. But this stuff is closer to 18k (I think) plus the silver and Pd.
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  • JupitarCoinsJupitarCoins Posts: 2,595 ✭
    Unfortunately for me the crown fell out awhile ago and before I could get to see a dentist the old tooth fell out, now leaving me with a two gram hunk of gold. What to do!!! Is their a market for this? image
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  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yeah, there's a good market for dental gold. Like Capt'n said, they'll likely buy it as 16k. But that should bring, what, $50?
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  • JupitarCoinsJupitarCoins Posts: 2,595 ✭


    << <i>Yeah, there's a good market for dental gold. Like Capt'n said, they'll likely buy it as 16k. But that should bring, what, $50? >>



    Thanks Weiss maybe I should put it on the bst and see if someone wants it.
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  • keepdachangekeepdachange Posts: 1,374
    image
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  • goingbrokegoingbroke Posts: 1,410


    << <i>image >>

    Looks like he needs to brush his teeth!
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  • 57loaded57loaded Posts: 4,967 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Got my first crown in early '08. Dentist gave me a choice of enamel epoxy or gold. So of course... image

    She showed me the box the materials came in:

    CB-77 Talladium brand type II (Au 77%; Pd 1%; Ag 13.1%)

    I also have heard that dental gold assays around 16k. But this stuff is closer to 18k (I think) plus the silver and Pd. >>



    my vanity dictates where is gold vs enamel epoxy!
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,646 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Don't let them put in "silver". It's really mercury and can be extremely
    hazardous to some people's health.
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  • goingbrokegoingbroke Posts: 1,410
    I dont think haveing gold teeth is safe ..........Mom: Teen Shot 6 Times, Robbed Of Gold Teeth
    Text Woman beaten over gold teeth
    Text Man Robbed of Golden Grill
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,113 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The use of gold for dental work makes no sense in the 21st century with the modern materials currently available.

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  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,303 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I had a ton of cavities as a kid. Now if only my folks had set me up with gold fillings back then at $35/oz. rather than the amalgums image

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  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The use of gold for dental work makes no sense in the 21st century with the modern materials currently available. >>



    Apparently dentists disagree:

    http://www.dental--health.com/golddentalcrowns.html

    http://www.animated-teeth.com/dental_crowns/t6_dental_crowns_types.htm

    http://www.austindental.com/more/gold.shtml
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  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,660 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've got a few older porcelian-over-gold crowns but the newer work I'm getting at my cutting-edge dental office is made of amazing new materials.

    The fillings match the tooth color exactly, and the whole-tooth crowns are now cut from a block of hardened porcelian (rather than cast from a mold)

    you can watch this crown getting turned and shaped by precision drills and with jets of water, made to specs by a digital photograph of the space it's to go in.

    the thickness of the cement beween the crown and the tooth base is idealized by computer modelling of the gap.

    I'd agree that, while gold is an excellent dental material, it is now obsolete for the high end dental office.

    Agree with those who say to figure dental gold at about 70% Au by weight for dental gold free of tooth or other materials

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  • JupitarCoinsJupitarCoins Posts: 2,595 ✭


    << <i>Yeah, there's a good market for dental gold. Like Capt'n said, they'll likely buy it as 16k. But that should bring, what, $50? >>



    $50 seems awful cheap. Is that really only whats its worth?
    I seem to remember having to pay $500 out of my pocket for the dental services.image
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  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think mine was about three grams weight. With gold at 1370 or so, that's roughly $130 if it was pure gold. 16k = 66% pure. So $130 x .66 = $85. Nobody's buying out of the goodness of their heart. So less maybe 20% from your local dealer = $68

    That's all way rough figures just to get a ballpark.
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  • JupitarCoinsJupitarCoins Posts: 2,595 ✭


    << <i>I think mine was about three grams weight. With gold at 1370 or so, that's roughly $130 if it was pure gold. 16k = 66% pure. So $130 x .66 = $85. Nobody's buying out of the goodness of their heart. So less maybe 20% from your local dealer = $68

    That's all way rough figures just to get a ballpark. >>



    Thanks for doing the math Weiss.
    Anyone interested?
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  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,660 ✭✭✭✭✭
    $50 seems awful cheap. Is that really only whats its worth?
    I seem to remember having to pay $500 out of my pocket for the dental services.


    LoL! Do you expect the guy to put it in for free? Maybe next time your tooth hurts, you can save the $450 by filling it yourself with "wholesale" gold image

    (I'd have time to instruct you on step by step do it yourself dentistry but I'm busy at the moment, weaving myself a new dress shirt out of a dollar's worth of cotton thread)

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