amalgam preparation

Hi, Of course most of you are aware of the amalgam restoration material. I know that amalgam is a brittle material, which means that it cannot withstand tensile stress. But what makes amalgam brittle? Is it because of the presence of mercury or the molecules resulted from the reaction...

I'm in my first year and while I'd say i've gotten a decent hang of drilling, I always end up with either my buccal or lingual walls being perfectly convergent and the other being divergent or just straight (usually straight). It depends on the quadrant that i'm working on whether it's my buccal...

Hi all, I'm a D1 and have just been introduced to operative dentisty. As of now, we're working on class I amalgam preps. I've been told a number of different techniques, and I'd just like to hear imput from some of the more experienced dentists on this forum as to what their protocol is/bur...