AMALGAM TATTOO
Skenario
A Thirty five year old male patient came to a dentist. Recently, he
complained pain when chewing on his molar upper and lower tooth.
During examination, the dentist found the upper first molar tooth with
amalgam filling material and changed into dark blue colour on the
gingiva, the opposite lower molar tooth with alloy onlay restoration.
The dentist suggested to replace the amalgam filling with esthetic
filling
Alloy onlay : Jenis restorasi rigid yg besar kavitasnya tlh mengenai 1 atau lbih tonjol gigi .
Biasanya dilakukan utk mengembalikan morfologi dan anatomi gigi tujuannya utk menahan
beban kunyah. Umumnya utk gigi karies yg sudah berlubang besar atau gigi dg tambalan yg
kondisinya sudah buruk dan hrs diganti, yg bila ditambal scr direct dg amalgam ataupu resin
komposit dikhawatirkan tambalan tsb tdk akan bertahan lama krn patah ataupun lepas.