Question: Which professional organization evaluates a new dental material?

Answer: the council of dental materials, instruments and equipment

Question: what type of reaction does a dental material undergo when distortion occurs ?

Answer: compressive stress

Question: what happens to a dental material when it is exposed to hot and cold?

Answer: contracts and expands

Question: what is a source of galvanic action?

Answer: saliva and two dissimilar materials

Question: what are the four properties that must be considered in the application of a dental material?

Answer: flow, adhesion, retention and curing

Question: how does an auto-cured material harden or set up?

Answer: hardens from a chemical reaction when materials are mixed

Question: What metals make up the allow powder in amalgam?

Answer: silver, tin, copper and zinc

Question: Would dental amalgam be place in anterior posterior teeth?

Answer: posterior

Question: What does copper provide to an amalgam restoration?

Answer: strength and corrosion resistance

Question: where do you dispose of amalgam scraps?

Answer: wide mouthed, air tight container marked “non-contact amalgam waste for recycling”