Re: What's better? Amalgam or compostie?

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> Have to say I don't understand what you mean here: I meant to say into
> an already injured tooth, meaning vital but pulpally challenged.
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Pins account for many dentin fractures and further destruction of tooth.
With amalgam, you sometimes have no choice. If you do more onlays and fewer
crowns, your need to place pins goes away.

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Amatus

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"StovePipe" <stove99pipe@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> That said, I know we all do those big honking MODBL composites, because
>> of patient preference, or because (as in my own case) I just don't
>> want to risk putting three and four pins into an already uninjured
>> tooth.
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> If you stop making amalgam cores (which replace entire cusps), you
> don't
> need to stock pins in your office anymore. I have not placed a pin in
> years.
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> Amatus
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> Have to say I don't understand what you mean here: I meant to say into
> an already injured tooth, meaning vital but pulpally challenged.
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> Thanks
> SP
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