We Use An Amalgam Of Mercury In Modern Dentistry Because Other Metals, By Themselves, Are Not Sufficiently Malleable To Be Worked With At The Normal Temperatures Inside The Human Mouth.

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We use an amalgam of mercury in modern dentistry because other metals,
by themselves, are not sufficiently malleable to be worked with at
the normal temperatures inside the human mouth. But mercury- mercury
is just walkin' around, right?!?
-- Mike the Dentist

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